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About Sonkhas Village

Sonkhas is a small village in Daryapur tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 101 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266.24 hectares hectares.

Sonkhas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkhas village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Daryapur
Area (hectares) 266.24 hectares
Population 206
Male Population 101
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sonkhas compares

By the 2011 count Sonkhas is the 115th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,054 residents. Its 266.24 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Sonkhas

Sonkhas 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 Sonkhas as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Sonkhas from other places

Sonkhas lies about 43 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Lehgaon, about under 2 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 Sonkhas
Nearest railway station Lehgaon under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Daryapur 5.9 km
Nearest town Daryāpur 5.9 km
District headquarters Amravati 43 km

Villages closest to Sonkhas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkhas village had a population of 206. That makes it the 115th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,054 residents.

Sonkhas village has 101 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkhas has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Sonkhas covers 266.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonkhas falls under Daryapur tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonkhas is Lehgaon, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonkhas.

Sonkhas is about 43 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkhas is in Daryapur tehsil of Amravati district. Lehgaon is about under 2 km away. Daryapur is about 5.9 km away. Daryāpur is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lehegaon (under 2 km), Khursanpur (under 2 km) and Nachona (2.5 km).

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

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