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About Sonapos Village

Sonapos is a mid sized village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,692, made up of 885 males and 807 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonapos Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonapos village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Sonua
Pincode 833102
Area (hectares) 74.9 hectares
Population 1,692
Male Population 885
Female Population 807
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sonapos compares

By the 2011 count Sonapos is the 9th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 74.9 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Sonapos

Sonapos is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sonapos as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonapos from other places

Sonapos lies about 18 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum. 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 Sonapos
Tehsil headquarters Sonua under 2 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 18 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 20 km

Villages closest to Sonapos

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

Common questions about Sonapos

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonapos village had a population of 1,692. That makes it the 9th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Sonapos village has 885 males and 807 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonapos has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Sonapos is 833102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonapos covers 74.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonapos falls under Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Sonapos notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sonapos.

Sonapos 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.

Sonapos is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about under 2 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 18 km away. Chakradharpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masurikudar (under 2 km), Sonuan (under 2 km) and Jorapokhar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sonapos today is likely to be higher.

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