About Sonahara Village

Sonahara is a small village in Kundhit tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 206 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonahara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Kundhit
Pincode	821530
Area (hectares)	387.92 hectares
Population	373
Male Population	206
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
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 Sonahara compares

By the 2011 count Sonahara is the 80th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 550 residents. Its 387.92 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Sonahara

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

Sonahara lies about 20 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Kaseetar Halt, 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 Sonahara
Nearest railway station	Kaseetar Halt	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundhit	20 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	20 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	20 km

Villages closest to Sonahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonahara village had a population of 373. That makes it the 80th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 550 residents.

Sonahara village has 206 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonahara has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Sonahara is 821530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonahara covers 387.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonahara falls under Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonahara is Kaseetar Halt, 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 Sonahara.

Sonahara is about 20 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonahara is in Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district. Kaseetar Halt is about 20 km away. Kundhit is about 20 km away. Jamtara is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.