About Sonpura Village

Sonpura is a mid sized village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 214 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,355 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chauparan
Pincode	825606
Area (hectares)	116.91 hectares
Population	504
Male Population	214
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,355
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 Sonpura compares

By the 2011 count Sonpura is the 108th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 116.91 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Sonpura

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

Sonpura lies about 46 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 12 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 Sonpura
Tehsil headquarters	Chauparan	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barhi	12 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	18 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	46 km

Villages closest to Sonpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpura village had a population of 504. That makes it the 108th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Sonpura village has 214 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpura has about 1355 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Sonpura is 825606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpura covers 116.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpura falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonpura is Barhi, about 12 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 Sonpura.

Sonpura is about 46 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpura is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 10 km away. Barhi is about 12 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.