About Sonpuri Village

Sonpuri is a mid sized village in Gondiya tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 417 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418.63 hectares hectares.

Sonpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpuri village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Gondiya
Area (hectares)	418.63 hectares
Population	834
Male Population	417
Female Population	417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpuri compares

By the 2011 count Sonpuri is the 105th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents. Its 418.63 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Sonpuri

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

Sonpuri lies about 12 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Gangajhari, about 9.4 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 Sonpuri
Nearest railway station	Gangajhari	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gondiya	12 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	12 km

Villages closest to Sonpuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpuri village had a population of 834. That makes it the 105th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents.

Sonpuri village has 417 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpuri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

Sonpuri covers 418.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpuri falls under Gondiya tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonpuri is Gangajhari, about 9.4 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 Sonpuri.

Sonpuri is about 12 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpuri is in Gondiya tehsil of Gondiya district. Gangajhari is about 9.4 km away. Gondiya is about 12 km away. Gondiā is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.