About Sonhara Village

Sonhara is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 827, made up of 412 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonhara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Balrampur
Pincode	497107
Area (hectares)	254.31 hectares
Population	827
Male Population	412
Female Population	415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonhara compares

By the 2011 count Sonhara is the 58th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 254.31 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Sonhara

Sonhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonhara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sonhara from other places

Sonhara lies about 67 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 63 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 Sonhara
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	63 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	65 km
District headquarters	Surguja	67 km

Villages closest to Sonhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonhara village had a population of 827. That makes it the 58th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Sonhara village has 412 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonhara has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Sonhara is 497107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonhara covers 254.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonhara falls under Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonhara is Barwadih Junction, about 63 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sonhara.

Sonhara is about 67 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonhara is in Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district. Balrampur is about 7.8 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 63 km away. Garhwa is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.