About Sonuan Village

Sonuan is a small village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 214 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonuan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonuan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833103
Area (hectares)	480 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	214
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
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 Sonuan compares

By the 2011 count Sonuan is the 70th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 480 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Sonuan

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

Sonuan lies about 18 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about under 2 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 Sonuan
Nearest railway station	Sonua	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goilkera	12 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	18 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	20 km

Villages closest to Sonuan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonuan village had a population of 435. That makes it the 70th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Sonuan village has 214 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonuan has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Sonuan is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonuan covers 480 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonuan falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonuan is Sonua, about under 2 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 Sonuan.

Sonuan is about 18 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonuan is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about under 2 km away. Goilkera is about 12 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.