About Sonkatch Village

Sonkatch is a large village in Narsinghgarh tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,333, made up of 1,173 males and 1,160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1224.59 hectares hectares.

Sonkatch Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkatch village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Narsinghgarh
Area (hectares)	1224.59 hectares
Population	2,333
Male Population	1,173
Female Population	1,160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonkatch compares

By the 2011 count Sonkatch is the 19th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 989 residents. Its 1224.59 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Sonkatch

Sonkatch is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonkatch 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonkatch from other places

Sonkatch lies about 38 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Kachnaria, about 17 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 Sonkatch
Tehsil headquarters	Narsinghgarh	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kachnaria	17 km
District headquarters	Rajgarh	38 km

Villages closest to Sonkatch

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkatch village had a population of 2,333. That makes it the 19th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 989 residents.

Sonkatch village has 1,173 males and 1,160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkatch has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Sonkatch covers 1224.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonkatch falls under Narsinghgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonkatch is Kachnaria, about 17 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 village for Sonkatch.

Sonkatch is about 38 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkatch is in Narsinghgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district. Narsinghgarh is about 12 km away. Kachnaria is about 17 km away. Rajgarh is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.