About Sonai Village

Sonai is a small village in Pawai tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 59 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.67 hectares hectares.

Sonai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Panna
Tehsil	Pawai
Area (hectares)	42.67 hectares
Population	120
Male Population	59
Female Population	61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
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 Sonai compares

By the 2011 count Sonai is the 158th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 42.67 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Sonai

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

Sonai lies about 55 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 24 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 Sonai
Nearest railway station	Ghunwara Railway Station	24 km
Nearest town	Maihar	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pawai	34 km
District headquarters	Panna	55 km

Villages closest to Sonai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonai village had a population of 120. That makes it the 158th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Sonai village has 59 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonai has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 909.

Sonai covers 42.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonai falls under Pawai tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonai is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 24 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 Sonai.

Sonai is about 55 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonai is in Pawai tehsil of Panna district. Ghunwara Railway Station is about 24 km away. Maihar is about 27 km away. Pawai is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.