About Soonjhar Village

Soonjhar is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 42 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soonjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soonjhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Mandro
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	45 hectares
Population	87
Male Population	42
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
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 Soonjhar compares

By the 2011 count Soonjhar is the 121st largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Soonjhar

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

Soonjhar lies about 19 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 17 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 Soonjhar
Tehsil headquarters	Mandro	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	17 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	19 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	19 km

Villages closest to Soonjhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soonjhar village had a population of 87. That makes it the 121st largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Soonjhar village has 42 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soonjhar has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Soonjhar is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soonjhar covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Soonjhar falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Soonjhar is Karamtola, about 17 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 Soonjhar.

Soonjhar is about 19 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soonjhar is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 5.7 km away. Karamtola is about 17 km away. Sahibganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.