About Sonai Village

Sonai is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 808, made up of 428 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544 hectares hectares.

Sonai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Mungaoli
Area (hectares)	544 hectares
Population	808
Male Population	428
Female Population	380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sonai compares

By the 2011 count Sonai is the 92nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 544 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Sonai

Sonai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonai from other places

Sonai lies about 42 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Guneru Bamori, about 6.7 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 Sonai
Nearest railway station	Guneru Bamori	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mungaoli	8.3 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	42 km

Villages closest to Sonai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonai village had a population of 808. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Sonai village has 428 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonai has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Sonai covers 544 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonai falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonai is Guneru Bamori, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Sonai.

Sonai is about 42 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonai is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Guneru Bamori is about 6.7 km away. Mungaoli is about 8.3 km away. Ashoknagar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.