About Sonkhed Village

Sonkhed is a mid sized village in Nilanga tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,515, made up of 798 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525.53 hectares hectares.

Sonkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Nilanga
Area (hectares)	525.53 hectares
Population	1,515
Male Population	798
Female Population	717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
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 75th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents. Its 525.53 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

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 49 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Kalagapura, about 40 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	Nilanga	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kalagapura	40 km
District headquarters	Latur	49 km

Villages closest to Sonkhed

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nilanga 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 1,515. That makes it the 75th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents.

Sonkhed village has 798 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkhed has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Sonkhed covers 525.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonkhed falls under Nilanga tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonkhed is Kalagapura, about 40 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 49 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 Nilanga tehsil of Latur district. Nilanga is about 12 km away. Kalagapura is about 40 km away. Latur is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.