About Sonavale Village

Sonavale is a mid sized village in Ambarnath tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 331 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443 hectares hectares.

Sonavale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonavale village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Ambarnath
Area (hectares)	443 hectares
Population	587
Male Population	331
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	773
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sonavale compares

By the 2011 count Sonavale is the 54th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents. Its 443 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 936.

Getting to Sonavale

Sonavale is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonavale as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonavale from other places

Sonavale lies about 10 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Bhivandi Road, about 1.6 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 Sonavale
Nearest railway station	Bhivandi Road	1.6 km
Nearest town	Bhiwandi	5.3 km
District headquarters	Thane	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambarnath	15 km

Villages closest to Sonavale

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonavale village had a population of 587. That makes it the 54th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents.

Sonavale village has 331 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonavale has about 773 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Sonavale covers 443 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonavale falls under Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonavale is Bhivandi Road, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonavale.

Sonavale is about 10 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonavale is in Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district. Bhivandi Road is about 1.6 km away. Bhiwandi is about 5.3 km away. Thane is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.