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About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a small village in Chicholi tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 136, made up of 75 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 813 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.38 hectares hectares.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Chicholi
Area (hectares) 152.38 hectares
Population 136
Male Population 75
Female Population 61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 813
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 981 residents. Its 152.38 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Sonpur

Sonpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonpur as Available within <5 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 Sonpur from other places

Sonpur lies about 26 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Maramjhiri, about 23 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 Sonpur
Tehsil headquarters Chicholi under 2 km
Nearest railway station Maramjhiri 23 km
District headquarters Betul 26 km
Nearest town Betūl 26 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 136. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 981 residents.

Sonpur village has 75 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 813 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Sonpur covers 152.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpur falls under Chicholi tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Maramjhiri, about 23 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sonpur.

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

Sonpur is in Chicholi tehsil of Betul district. Chicholi is about under 2 km away. Maramjhiri is about 23 km away. Betul 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 Bandikhapa (under 2 km), Parsada Khapariya (under 2 km) and Nasirabad (under 2 km).

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

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