About Sonkhera Village

Sonkhera is a mid sized village in Homnabad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,909, made up of 992 males and 917 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkhera village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Homnabad
Pincode	585418
Area (hectares)	457.89 hectares
Population	1,909
Male Population	992
Female Population	917
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonkhera compares

By the 2011 count Sonkhera is the 53rd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,188 residents. Its 457.89 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Sonkhera

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

Sonkhera lies about 41 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Humanabad, about 10 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 Sonkhera
Tehsil headquarters	Homnabad	10 km
Nearest railway station	Humanabad	10 km
Nearest town	Homnābād	10 km
District headquarters	Bidar	41 km

Villages closest to Sonkhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkhera village had a population of 1,909. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,188 residents.

Sonkhera village has 992 males and 917 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkhera has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Sonkhera is 585418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonkhera covers 457.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonkhera falls under Homnabad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sonkhera is Humanabad, about 10 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 10+ km distance for Sonkhera.

Sonkhera is about 41 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkhera is in Homnabad tehsil of Bidar district. Homnabad is about 10 km away. Humanabad is about 10 km away. Homnābād is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.