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About Sonor Village

Sonor is a mid sized village in Raghurajnagar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 965, made up of 494 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.1 hectares hectares.

Sonor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonor village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Raghurajnagar
Area (hectares) 234.1 hectares
Population 965
Male Population 494
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sonor compares

By the 2011 count Sonor is the 74th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 884 residents. Its 234.1 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Sonor

The census records public bus service for Sonor as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonor from other places

Sonor lies about 21 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Jaitwar, about 8.6 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 Sonor
Nearest railway station Jaitwar 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Raghurajnagar 21 km
District headquarters Satna 21 km

Villages closest to Sonor

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

Common questions about Sonor

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonor village had a population of 965. That makes it the 74th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 884 residents.

Sonor village has 494 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonor has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 927.

Sonor covers 234.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonor falls under Raghurajnagar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonor is Jaitwar, about 8.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sonor.

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

Sonor is in Raghurajnagar tehsil of Satna district. Jaitwar is about 8.6 km away. Raghurajnagar is about 21 km away. Satna is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kancanpur (under 2 km), Nayagaon (2.3 km) and Rnehi (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sonor today is likely to be higher.

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