About Sonar Chak Village

Sonar Chak is a large village in Pathargama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,021, made up of 1,104 males and 917 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonar Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonar Chak village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Pathargama
Pincode	814147
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	2,021
Male Population	1,104
Female Population	917
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonar Chak compares

By the 2011 count Sonar Chak is the 8th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 805 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Sonar Chak

Sonar Chak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sonar Chak as Available within 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 Sonar Chak from other places

Sonar Chak lies about 25 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 20 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 Sonar Chak
Tehsil headquarters	Pathargama	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ghogha	20 km
Nearest town	Colgong	24 km
District headquarters	Godda	25 km

Villages closest to Sonar Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathargama 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 Sonar Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonar Chak village had a population of 2,021. That makes it the 8th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 805 residents.

Sonar Chak village has 1,104 males and 917 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonar Chak has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Sonar Chak is 814147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonar Chak covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonar Chak falls under Pathargama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonar Chak is Ghogha, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sonar Chak.

Sonar Chak is about 25 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonar Chak is in Pathargama tehsil of Godda district. Pathargama is about 12 km away. Ghogha is about 20 km away. Colgong is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.