About Sonali Village

Sonali is a large village in Kagal tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,554, made up of 1,898 males and 1,656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 998 hectares hectares.

Sonali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonali village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Kagal
Area (hectares)	998 hectares
Population	3,554
Male Population	1,898
Female Population	1,656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonali compares

By the 2011 count Sonali is the 19th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,739 residents. Its 998 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Sonali

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

Sonali lies about 29 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 30 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 Sonali
Tehsil headquarters	Kagal	21 km
Nearest town	Kāgal	21 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	29 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	30 km

Villages closest to Sonali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonali village had a population of 3,554. That makes it the 19th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,739 residents.

Sonali village has 1,898 males and 1,656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonali has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Sonali covers 998 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonali falls under Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonali is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 30 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 Sonali.

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

Sonali is in Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur district. Kagal is about 21 km away. Kāgal is about 21 km away. Kolhapur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.