About Sonale Village

Sonale is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 558 males and 576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 931.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonale village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577418
Area (hectares)	931.19 hectares
Population	1,134
Male Population	558
Female Population	576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonale compares

By the 2011 count Sonale is the 18th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 931.19 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Sonale

Sonale is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonale as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sonale from other places

Sonale lies about 48 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kenchanalu, 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 Sonale
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kenchanalu	25 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	37 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	48 km

Villages closest to Sonale

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonale village had a population of 1,134. That makes it the 18th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Sonale village has 558 males and 576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonale has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Sonale is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonale covers 931.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonale falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sonale is Kenchanalu, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sonale.

Sonale is about 48 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonale is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 10 km away. Kenchanalu is about 25 km away. Sāgar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.