About Sonawani Village

Sonawani is a small village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 47, made up of 18 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,611 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44 hectares hectares.

Sonawani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonawani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lalbarra
Area (hectares)	44 hectares
Population	47
Male Population	18
Female Population	29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,611
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonawani compares

By the 2011 count Sonawani is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 44 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Sonawani

Sonawani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sonawani as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sonawani from other places

Sonawani lies about 33 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, about 15 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 Sonawani
Nearest railway station	Lakhanwara	15 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalbarra	33 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	33 km

Villages closest to Sonawani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonawani village had a population of 47. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Sonawani village has 18 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonawani has about 1611 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Sonawani covers 44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonawani falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonawani is Lakhanwara, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sonawani.

Sonawani is about 33 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonawani is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Lakhanwara is about 15 km away. Wārāseonī is about 24 km away. Lalbarra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.