About Sontalai Village

Sontalai is a large village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,517, made up of 1,302 males and 1,215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 892.8 hectares hectares.

Sontalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sontalai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Itarsi
Area (hectares)	892.8 hectares
Population	2,517
Male Population	1,302
Female Population	1,215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sontalai compares

By the 2011 count Sontalai is the 8th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 892.8 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Sontalai

Sontalai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sontalai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sontalai from other places

Sontalai lies about 28 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Sontalai, about 1.7 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 Sontalai
Nearest railway station	Sontalai	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itarsi	20 km
Nearest town	Itārsi	20 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	28 km

Villages closest to Sontalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sontalai village had a population of 2,517. That makes it the 8th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Sontalai village has 1,302 males and 1,215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sontalai has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Sontalai covers 892.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sontalai falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sontalai is Sontalai, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sontalai.

Sontalai is about 28 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sontalai is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Sontalai is about 1.7 km away. Itarsi is about 20 km away. Itārsi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.