About Sonapur Village

Sonapur is a small village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 174 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.71 hectares hectares.

Sonapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Thakurgangti
Area (hectares)	61.71 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	174
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonapur compares

By the 2011 count Sonapur is the 85th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 61.71 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Sonapur

Sonapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonapur as Available within 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 Sonapur from other places

Sonapur lies about 41 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ammapali, about 15 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 Sonapur
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurgangti	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Ammapali	15 km
Nearest town	Colgong	21 km
District headquarters	Godda	41 km

Villages closest to Sonapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonapur village had a population of 317. That makes it the 85th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Sonapur village has 174 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonapur has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Sonapur covers 61.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonapur falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonapur is Ammapali, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sonapur.

Sonapur is about 41 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonapur is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Thakurgangti is about 6.2 km away. Ammapali is about 15 km away. Colgong is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.