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About Sanolapur Village

Sanolapur is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,479, made up of 770 males and 709 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330 hectares hectares.

Sanolapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanolapur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares) 330 hectares
Population 1,479
Male Population 770
Female Population 709
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanolapur compares

By the 2011 count Sanolapur is the 61st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 330 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Sanolapur

Sanolapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sanolapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sanolapur from other places

Sanolapur lies about 13 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Katrasgarh, about under 2 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 Sanolapur
Nearest town Kātrās under 2 km
Nearest railway station Katrasgarh under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 13 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 13 km

Villages closest to Sanolapur

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

Common questions about Sanolapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanolapur village had a population of 1,479. That makes it the 61st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Sanolapur village has 770 males and 709 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanolapur has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Sanolapur covers 330 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sanolapur falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sanolapur is Katrasgarh, about under 2 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sanolapur.

Sanolapur is about 13 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanolapur is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Kātrās is about under 2 km away. Katrasgarh is about under 2 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katral (under 2 km), Banshjor (3.8 km) and Sijua (4.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sanolapur today is likely to be higher.

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