About Sonekanhar Village

Sonekanhar is a small village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 440, made up of 214 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 524.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonekanhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonekanhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Bhanupratappur
Pincode	494669
Area (hectares)	524.12 hectares
Population	440
Male Population	214
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonekanhar compares

By the 2011 count Sonekanhar is the 79th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 524.12 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Sonekanhar

Sonekanhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonekanhar 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 Sonekanhar from other places

Sonekanhar lies about 19 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 4.3 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 Sonekanhar
Nearest railway station	Keoti	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanupratappur	13 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	19 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	44 km

Villages closest to Sonekanhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonekanhar village had a population of 440. That makes it the 79th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Sonekanhar village has 214 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonekanhar has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Sonekanhar is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonekanhar covers 524.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonekanhar falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonekanhar is Keoti, about 4.3 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 Sonekanhar.

Sonekanhar is about 19 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonekanhar is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 4.3 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 13 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.