About Sonthawari Village

Sonthawari is a small village in Chhapara tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 119 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares.

Sonthawari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonthawari village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Chhapara
Area (hectares)	127 hectares
Population	239
Male Population	119
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
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 Sonthawari compares

By the 2011 count Sonthawari is the 138th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Sonthawari

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

Sonthawari lies about 23 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, about 22 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 Sonthawari
Tehsil headquarters	Chhapara	16 km
Nearest railway station	Katangi	22 km
District headquarters	Seoni	23 km

Villages closest to Sonthawari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonthawari village had a population of 239. That makes it the 138th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Sonthawari village has 119 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonthawari has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

Sonthawari covers 127 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.

Sonthawari falls under Chhapara tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonthawari is Katangi, about 22 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 Sonthawari.

Sonthawari is about 23 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonthawari is in Chhapara tehsil of Seoni district. Chhapara is about 16 km away. Katangi is about 22 km away. Seoni is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.