About Sonkhara Village

Sonkhara is a mid sized village in Bamori tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,573, made up of 825 males and 748 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1350 hectares hectares.

Sonkhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkhara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Guna
Tehsil	Bamori
Area (hectares)	1350 hectares
Population	1,573
Male Population	825
Female Population	748
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
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 Sonkhara compares

By the 2011 count Sonkhara is the 17th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 1350 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Sonkhara

Sonkhara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sonkhara 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 Sonkhara from other places

Sonkhara lies about 33 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Bhadora Jagir, 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 Sonkhara
Tehsil headquarters	Bamori	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bhadora Jagir	25 km
District headquarters	Guna	33 km

Villages closest to Sonkhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkhara village had a population of 1,573. That makes it the 17th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Sonkhara village has 825 males and 748 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkhara has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Sonkhara covers 1350 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.

Sonkhara falls under Bamori tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonkhara is Bhadora Jagir, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sonkhara.

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

Sonkhara is in Bamori tehsil of Guna district. Bamori is about 12 km away. Bhadora Jagir is about 25 km away. Guna is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.