About Sonkhed Village

Sonkhed is a mid sized village in Ahmadpur tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 701, made up of 370 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 881 hectares hectares.

Sonkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Ahmadpur
Area (hectares)	881 hectares
Population	701
Male Population	370
Female Population	331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonkhed compares

By the 2011 count Sonkhed is the 97th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents. Its 881 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Sonkhed

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

Sonkhed lies about 44 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Janwal, about 18 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 Sonkhed
Tehsil headquarters	Ahmadpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Janwal	18 km
District headquarters	Latur	44 km

Villages closest to Sonkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkhed village had a population of 701. That makes it the 97th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents.

Sonkhed village has 370 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkhed has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Sonkhed covers 881 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonkhed falls under Ahmadpur tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonkhed is Janwal, about 18 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 Sonkhed.

Sonkhed is about 44 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkhed is in Ahmadpur tehsil of Latur district. Ahmadpur is about 12 km away. Janwal is about 18 km away. Latur is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.