About Sonpura Village

Sonpura is a mid sized village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 854, made up of 482 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 772 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.09 hectares hectares.

Sonpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Area (hectares)	224.09 hectares
Population	854
Male Population	482
Female Population	372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	772
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 Sonpura compares

By the 2011 count Sonpura is the 54th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 224.09 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Sonpura

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

Sonpura lies about 42 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 16 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 Sonpura
Nearest railway station	Lukwasa	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolaras	21 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	42 km

Villages closest to Sonpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpura village had a population of 854. That makes it the 54th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Sonpura village has 482 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpura has about 772 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Sonpura covers 224.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpura falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpura is Lukwasa, about 16 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 Sonpura.

Sonpura is about 42 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpura is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 16 km away. Kolaras is about 21 km away. Shivpuri is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.