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About Sonewadi Village

Sonewadi is a mid sized village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,454, made up of 757 males and 697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 922.3 hectares hectares.

Sonewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Chikhli
Area (hectares) 922.3 hectares
Population 1,454
Male Population 757
Female Population 697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonewadi compares

By the 2011 count Sonewadi is the 60th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 922.3 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Sonewadi

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

Sonewadi lies about 14 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 52 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 Sonewadi
Tehsil headquarters Chikhli 8.6 km
District headquarters Buldana 14 km
Nearest railway station Khamgaon 52 km

Villages closest to Sonewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonewadi village had a population of 1,454. That makes it the 60th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Sonewadi village has 757 males and 697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonewadi has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Sonewadi covers 922.3 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.

Sonewadi falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonewadi is Khamgaon, about 52 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 Sonewadi.

Sonewadi is about 14 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonewadi is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 8.6 km away. Buldana is about 14 km away. Khamgaon is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Satgaon Bhusari (2.5 km), Waghapur (3.4 km) and Sawargaon Dukare (3.6 km).

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

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