About Sonta Khiriya Village

Sonta Khiriya is a mid sized village in Bhitarwar tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 750, made up of 405 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.22 hectares hectares.

Sonta Khiriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonta Khiriya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Bhitarwar
Area (hectares)	260.22 hectares
Population	750
Male Population	405
Female Population	345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonta Khiriya compares

By the 2011 count Sonta Khiriya is the 49th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 260.22 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Sonta Khiriya

Sonta Khiriya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonta Khiriya 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 Sonta Khiriya from other places

Sonta Khiriya lies about 42 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Anant Paith, about 18 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 Sonta Khiriya
Tehsil headquarters	Bhitarwar	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Anant Paith	18 km
Nearest town	Dabra	20 km
District headquarters	Gwalior	42 km

Villages closest to Sonta Khiriya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhitarwar 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 Sonta Khiriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonta Khiriya village had a population of 750. That makes it the 49th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Sonta Khiriya village has 405 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonta Khiriya has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 864.

Sonta Khiriya covers 260.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonta Khiriya falls under Bhitarwar tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonta Khiriya is Anant Paith, about 18 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 Sonta Khiriya.

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

Sonta Khiriya is in Bhitarwar tehsil of Gwalior district. Bhitarwar is about 7.5 km away. Anant Paith is about 18 km away. Dabra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.