About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a mid sized village in Samri tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 648, made up of 338 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1349.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Samri
Pincode	497224
Area (hectares)	1349.01 hectares
Population	648
Male Population	338
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
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 64th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 978 residents. Its 1349.01 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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 86 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Hehegara Halt, about 70 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	Samri	26 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	36 km
Nearest railway station	Hehegara Halt	70 km
District headquarters	Surguja	86 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Sonpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 648. That makes it the 64th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 978 residents.

Sonpur village has 338 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 497224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 1349.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpur falls under Samri tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Hehegara Halt, about 70 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 86 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Samri tehsil of Surguja district. Samri is about 26 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 36 km away. Hehegara Halt is about 70 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.