About Sonkhas Village

Sonkhas is a small village in Kalamb tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 50 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.93 hectares hectares.

Sonkhas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkhas village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Kalamb
Area (hectares)	114.93 hectares
Population	94
Male Population	50
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonkhas compares

By the 2011 count Sonkhas is the 114th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 839 residents. Its 114.93 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 957.

Getting to Sonkhas

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

Sonkhas lies about 28 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Pulgaon Junction, about 26 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 Sonkhas
Tehsil headquarters	Kalamb	8.1 km
Nearest town	Pulgaon	26 km
Nearest railway station	Pulgaon Junction	26 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	28 km

Villages closest to Sonkhas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkhas village had a population of 94. That makes it the 114th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 839 residents.

Sonkhas village has 50 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkhas has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Sonkhas covers 114.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonkhas falls under Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonkhas is Pulgaon Junction, about 26 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 Sonkhas.

Sonkhas is about 28 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkhas is in Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district. Kalamb is about 8.1 km away. Pulgaon is about 26 km away. Pulgaon Junction is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.