About Sonala Village

Sonala is a mid sized village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,075, made up of 587 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1138.35 hectares hectares.

Sonala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Malegaon
Area (hectares)	1138.35 hectares
Population	1,075
Male Population	587
Female Population	488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonala compares

By the 2011 count Sonala is the 64th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 1138.35 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 925.

Getting to Sonala

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

Sonala lies about 25 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 15 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 Sonala
Nearest town	Mangrūl Pīr	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jaulka	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malegaon	24 km
District headquarters	Washim	25 km

Villages closest to Sonala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonala village had a population of 1,075. That makes it the 64th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Sonala village has 587 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonala has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Sonala covers 1138.35 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.

Sonala falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonala is Jaulka, about 15 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 Sonala.

Sonala is about 25 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonala is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Mangrūl Pīr is about 14 km away. Jaulka is about 15 km away. Malegaon is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.