About Sonturpi Village

Sonturpi is a mid sized village in Bagodar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,217, made up of 633 males and 584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 780 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825322, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonturpi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonturpi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bagodar
Pincode	825322
Area (hectares)	780 hectares
Population	1,217
Male Population	633
Female Population	584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonturpi compares

By the 2011 count Sonturpi is the 36th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 780 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 978.

Getting to Sonturpi

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

Sonturpi lies about 52 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribagh Road, about 13 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 Sonturpi
Tehsil headquarters	Bagodar	2.2 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	13 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribagh Road	13 km
District headquarters	Giridih	52 km

Villages closest to Sonturpi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonturpi village had a population of 1,217. That makes it the 36th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Sonturpi village has 633 males and 584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonturpi has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Sonturpi is 825322. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonturpi covers 780 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.

Sonturpi falls under Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonturpi is Hazaribagh Road, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sonturpi.

Sonturpi is about 52 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonturpi is in Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district. Bagodar is about 2.2 km away. Barki Saria is about 13 km away. Hazaribagh Road is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.