About Sonamarg Village

Sonamarg is a mid sized village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,051, made up of 579 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 670.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonamarg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonamarg village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Kangan
Pincode	191203
Area (hectares)	670.6 hectares
Population	1,051
Male Population	579
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	815
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sonamarg compares

By the 2011 count Sonamarg is the 34th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 670.6 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Sonamarg

Sonamarg is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonamarg as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonamarg from other places

Sonamarg lies about 12 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 30 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 Sonamarg
Tehsil headquarters	Kangan	2.9 km
District headquarters	Ganderbal	12 km
Nearest railway station	Srinagar Railway Station	30 km

Villages closest to Sonamarg

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonamarg village had a population of 1,051. That makes it the 34th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Sonamarg village has 579 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonamarg has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Sonamarg is 191203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonamarg covers 670.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonamarg falls under Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sonamarg is Srinagar Railway Station, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sonamarg.

Sonamarg is about 12 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonamarg is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 2.9 km away. Ganderbal is about 12 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.