About Sonkire Village

Sonkire is a large village in Kadegaon tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,238, made up of 1,101 males and 1,137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1161.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonkire Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkire village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Tehsil	Kadegaon
Pincode	415303
Area (hectares)	1161.65 hectares
Population	2,238
Male Population	1,101
Female Population	1,137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonkire compares

By the 2011 count Sonkire is the 26th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,595 residents. Its 1161.65 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Sonkire

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

Sonkire lies about 46 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Bhavani Nagar, about 4.5 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 Sonkire
Nearest railway station	Bhavani Nagar	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadegaon	12 km
Nearest town	Malkapur	16 km
District headquarters	Sangli	46 km

Villages closest to Sonkire

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkire village had a population of 2,238. That makes it the 26th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,595 residents.

Sonkire village has 1,101 males and 1,137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkire has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Sonkire is 415303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonkire covers 1161.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonkire falls under Kadegaon tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonkire is Bhavani Nagar, about 4.5 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 Sonkire.

Sonkire is about 46 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkire is in Kadegaon tehsil of Sangli district. Bhavani Nagar is about 4.5 km away. Kadegaon is about 12 km away. Malkapur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.