About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 316 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 532.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Narharpur
Pincode	496118
Area (hectares)	532.04 hectares
Population	602
Male Population	316
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 76th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 532.04 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1050.

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 village. 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 40 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 43 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	Narharpur	13 km
Nearest town	Kānker	13 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	40 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	43 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narharpur 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 602. That makes it the 76th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Sonpur village has 316 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 496118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 532.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpur falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Dhamtari, about 43 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 village for Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 40 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.

Sonpur is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 13 km away. Kānker is about 13 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.