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About Sonegaon Village

Sonegaon is a mid sized village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,382, made up of 681 males and 701 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 735.31 hectares hectares.

Sonegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Goregaon
Area (hectares) 735.31 hectares
Population 1,382
Male Population 681
Female Population 701
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonegaon compares

By the 2011 count Sonegaon is the 37th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 735.31 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Sonegaon

Sonegaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonegaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Sonegaon from other places

Sonegaon lies about 11 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 8.5 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 Sonegaon
Nearest railway station Hirdamali 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Goregaon 9.2 km
District headquarters Gondiya 11 km
Nearest town Gondiā 11 km

Villages closest to Sonegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonegaon village had a population of 1,382. That makes it the 37th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Sonegaon village has 681 males and 701 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonegaon has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Sonegaon covers 735.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonegaon falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonegaon is Hirdamali, about 8.5 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 km distance for Sonegaon.

Sonegaon is about 11 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonegaon is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Hirdamali is about 8.5 km away. Goregaon is about 9.2 km away. Gondiya is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borgaon (1.5 km), Nawargaon (1.9 km) and Sukhapur (2.0 km).

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

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