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About Sonar Chak Village

Sonar Chak is a small village in Rajmahal tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 85 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonar Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonar Chak village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Rajmahal
Pincode 816129
Area (hectares) 45 hectares
Population 172
Male Population 85
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sonar Chak compares

By the 2011 count Sonar Chak is the 78th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Sonar Chak

The census records public bus service for Sonar Chak as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonar Chak from other places

Sonar Chak lies about 27 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Murli Halt, about 1.9 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 Sonar Chak
Nearest railway station Murli Halt 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajmahal 7.2 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 7.2 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 27 km

Villages closest to Sonar Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajmahal 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 Sonar Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonar Chak village had a population of 172. That makes it the 78th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Sonar Chak village has 85 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonar Chak has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Sonar Chak is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonar Chak covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonar Chak falls under Rajmahal tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonar Chak is Murli Halt, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonar Chak.

Sonar Chak is about 27 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonar Chak is in Rajmahal tehsil of Sahibganj district. Murli Halt is about 1.9 km away. Rajmahal is about 7.2 km away. Rājmahal is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonarchak Chhota (under 2 km), Chunakhali (under 2 km) and Kozigaon (under 2 km).

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

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