About Sonpurgarh Village

Sonpurgarh is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,344, made up of 696 males and 648 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpurgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpurgarh village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	530 hectares
Population	1,344
Male Population	696
Female Population	648
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
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 Sonpurgarh compares

By the 2011 count Sonpurgarh is the 18th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 530 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Sonpurgarh

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

Sonpurgarh lies about 17 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, 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 Sonpurgarh
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	10 km
District headquarters	Khunti	17 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	20 km

Villages closest to Sonpurgarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpurgarh village had a population of 1,344. That makes it the 18th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Sonpurgarh village has 696 males and 648 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpurgarh has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Sonpurgarh is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpurgarh covers 530 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpurgarh falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonpurgarh is Govindpur Road, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonpurgarh.

Sonpurgarh is about 17 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpurgarh is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 10 km away. Khunti is about 17 km away. Govindpur Road is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.