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About Sonna Village

Sonna is a large village in Bilgi tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,440, made up of 2,194 males and 2,246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1620.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonna village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Bilgi
Pincode 587116
Area (hectares) 1620.51 hectares
Population 4,440
Male Population 2,194
Female Population 2,246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonna compares

By the 2011 count Sonna is the 9th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents. Its 1620.51 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Sonna

Sonna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonna as Available within village. 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 Sonna from other places

Sonna lies about 26 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Basavana Bagewadi Road, about 25 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 Sonna
Tehsil headquarters Bilgi 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Basavana Bagewadi Road 25 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 26 km

Villages closest to Sonna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonna village had a population of 4,440. That makes it the 9th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents.

Sonna village has 2,194 males and 2,246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonna has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Sonna is 587116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonna covers 1620.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonna falls under Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sonna is Basavana Bagewadi Road, about 25 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonna.

Sonna is about 26 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonna is in Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district. Bilgi is about 6.7 km away. Basavana Bagewadi Road is about 25 km away. Bagalkot is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kontikal (4.0 km), Dhawaleshwar (4.6 km) and Nagaral (4.8 km).

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

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