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About Sonnakhota Village

Sonnakhota is a mid sized village in Wadwani tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,502, made up of 798 males and 704 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 918.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonnakhota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonnakhota village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Wadwani
Pincode 431124
Area (hectares) 918.22 hectares
Population 1,502
Male Population 798
Female Population 704
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonnakhota compares

By the 2011 count Sonnakhota is the 23rd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 918.22 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Sonnakhota

Sonnakhota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonnakhota as Available within village. 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 Sonnakhota from other places

Sonnakhota lies about 29 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Parli-Vaijnath, about 54 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 Sonnakhota
Tehsil headquarters Wadwani 5.5 km
Nearest town Dhārūr 16 km
District headquarters Bid 29 km
Nearest railway station Parli-Vaijnath 54 km

Villages closest to Sonnakhota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonnakhota village had a population of 1,502. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Sonnakhota village has 798 males and 704 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonnakhota has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Sonnakhota is 431124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonnakhota covers 918.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonnakhota falls under Wadwani tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonnakhota is Parli-Vaijnath, about 54 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sonnakhota.

Sonnakhota is about 29 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonnakhota is in Wadwani tehsil of Bid district. Wadwani is about 5.5 km away. Dhārūr is about 16 km away. Bid is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pimpaltakka (1.5 km), Chinchwan (2.1 km) and Pimpla Rui (2.8 km).

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

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