About Sonkhamb Village

Sonkhamb is a mid sized village in Katol tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 974, made up of 476 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 998 hectares hectares.

Sonkhamb Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkhamb village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Tehsil	Katol
Area (hectares)	998 hectares
Population	974
Male Population	476
Female Population	498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sonkhamb compares

By the 2011 count Sonkhamb is the 32nd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 998 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Sonkhamb

Sonkhamb is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sonkhamb 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonkhamb from other places

Sonkhamb lies about 40 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Sonkhamb, about under 2 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 Sonkhamb
Nearest railway station	Sonkhamb	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katol	14 km
Nearest town	Kātol	14 km
District headquarters	Nagpur	40 km

Villages closest to Sonkhamb

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 Sonkhamb

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkhamb village had a population of 974. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Sonkhamb village has 476 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkhamb has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Sonkhamb covers 998 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonkhamb falls under Katol tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonkhamb is Sonkhamb, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sonkhamb.

Sonkhamb is about 40 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkhamb is in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district. Sonkhamb is about under 2 km away. Katol is about 14 km away. Kātol is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.