About Sonapur Village

Sonapur is a mid sized village in Pombhurna tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 265 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.05 hectares hectares.

Sonapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Pombhurna
Area (hectares)	295.05 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	265
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonapur compares

By the 2011 count Sonapur is the 40th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 876 residents. Its 295.05 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Sonapur

Sonapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonapur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonapur from other places

Sonapur lies about 31 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Gadchandur, about 6.5 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 Sonapur
Nearest town	Chāndur	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Gadchandur	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pombhurna	31 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	31 km

Villages closest to Sonapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonapur village had a population of 500. That makes it the 40th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 876 residents.

Sonapur village has 265 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonapur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Sonapur covers 295.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonapur falls under Pombhurna tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonapur is Gadchandur, about 6.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sonapur.

Sonapur is about 31 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonapur is in Pombhurna tehsil of Chandrapur district. Chāndur is about 6.2 km away. Gadchandur is about 6.5 km away. Pombhurna is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.