About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a small village in Katol tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 127 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 590.43 hectares hectares.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Tehsil	Katol
Area (hectares)	590.43 hectares
Population	245
Male Population	127
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 107th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 590.43 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Sonpur

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

Sonpur lies about 43 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Metpanjra, about 9.5 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 Sonpur
Nearest railway station	Metpanjra	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katol	13 km
Nearest town	Kātol	13 km
District headquarters	Nagpur	43 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 245. That makes it the 107th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Sonpur village has 127 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Sonpur covers 590.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpur falls under Katol tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Metpanjra, about 9.5 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 10+ km distance for Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 43 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district. Metpanjra is about 9.5 km away. Katol is about 13 km away. Kātol is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.