About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a mid sized village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 507, made up of 237 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,139 females per 1000 males. The village covers 575.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Narayanpur
Tehsil	Narayanpur
Pincode	495116
Area (hectares)	575.37 hectares
Population	507
Male Population	237
Female Population	270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,139
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 58th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 478 residents. Its 575.37 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Sonpur

Sonpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonpur from other places

Sonpur lies about 24 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 46 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sonpur
Tehsil headquarters	Narayanpur	24 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	46 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narayanpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sonpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 507. That makes it the 58th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 478 residents.

Sonpur village has 237 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 1139 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 575.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpur falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Antagarh, about 46 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 24 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district. Narayanpur is about 24 km away. Nārāinpur is about 24 km away. Antagarh is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.