About Sonway Village

Sonway is a large village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,969, made up of 2,441 males and 1,528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 626 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.49 hectares hectares.

Sonway Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonway village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Indore
Tehsil	Mhow
Area (hectares)	531.49 hectares
Population	3,969
Male Population	2,441
Female Population	1,528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	626
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sonway compares

By the 2011 count Sonway is the 12th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 531.49 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Sonway

Sonway is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonway as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonway from other places

Sonway lies about 21 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Indore Junction, 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 Sonway
Nearest railway station	Indore Junction	18 km
District headquarters	Indore	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mhow	28 km

Villages closest to Sonway

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonway village had a population of 3,969. That makes it the 12th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Sonway village has 2,441 males and 1,528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonway has about 626 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Sonway covers 531.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sonway falls under Mhow tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonway is Indore Junction, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sonway.

Sonway is about 21 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonway is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Indore Junction is about 18 km away. Indore is about 21 km away. Mhow is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.