About Sonawal Village

Sonawal is a mid sized village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 515, made up of 272 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594 hectares hectares.

Sonawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonawal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Dodamarg
Area (hectares)	594 hectares
Population	515
Male Population	272
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonawal compares

By the 2011 count Sonawal is the 31st largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 594 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Sonawal

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

Sonawal lies about 23 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 28 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 Sonawal
Tehsil headquarters	Dodamarg	17 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	23 km
Nearest railway station	Thivim	28 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	30 km

Villages closest to Sonawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonawal village had a population of 515. That makes it the 31st largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Sonawal village has 272 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonawal has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Sonawal covers 594 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonawal falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonawal is Thivim, about 28 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 Sonawal.

Sonawal is about 23 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonawal is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Dodamarg is about 17 km away. Sindhudurg is about 23 km away. Thivim is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.