About Sonai Village

Sonai is a large village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,502, made up of 1,835 males and 1,667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.24 hectares hectares.

Sonai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Meja
Area (hectares)	216.24 hectares
Population	3,502
Male Population	1,835
Female Population	1,667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sonai compares

By the 2011 count Sonai is the 31st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 216.24 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Sonai

Sonai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sonai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonai from other places

Sonai lies about 22 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Karchana, about 6.3 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 Sonai
Nearest railway station	Karchana	6.3 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	22 km
Nearest town	Prayagraj	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meja	23 km

Villages closest to Sonai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonai village had a population of 3,502. That makes it the 31st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Sonai village has 1,835 males and 1,667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonai has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Sonai covers 216.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonai falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonai is Karchana, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sonai.

Sonai is about 22 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonai is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Karchana is about 6.3 km away. Allahabad is about 22 km away. Prayagraj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.