About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a mid sized village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 547, made up of 286 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.5 hectares hectares.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Deori
Area (hectares)	282.5 hectares
Population	547
Male Population	286
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 91st largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 282.5 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Sonpur

Sonpur 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 Sonpur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonpur from other places

Sonpur lies about 41 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Girwar, about 36 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 Sonpur
Tehsil headquarters	Deori	16 km
Nearest town	Deori Khās	16 km
Nearest railway station	Girwar	36 km
District headquarters	Sagar	41 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 547. That makes it the 91st largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Sonpur village has 286 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 901.

Sonpur covers 282.5 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.

Sonpur falls under Deori tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Girwar, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Sonpur is about 41 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Deori tehsil of Sagar district. Deori is about 16 km away. Deori Khās is about 16 km away. Girwar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.