About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a large village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,844, made up of 1,546 males and 1,298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 608.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Balrampur
Tehsil	Balrampur
Pincode	271207
Area (hectares)	608.11 hectares
Population	2,844
Male Population	1,546
Female Population	1,298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 59th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,207 residents. Its 608.11 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Sonpur

Sonpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sonpur from other places

Sonpur lies about 9.5 km from Balrāmpur, and the nearest railway station is Balrampur, about 7.0 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 Sonpur
Nearest railway station	Balrampur	7.0 km
Nearest town	Balrāmpur	9.5 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 2,844. That makes it the 59th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,207 residents.

Sonpur village has 1,546 males and 1,298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 271207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 608.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpur falls under Balrampur tehsil of Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Balrampur, about 7.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 9.5 km from Balrāmpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Balrampur tehsil of Balrampur district. Balrampur is about 7.0 km away. Balrāmpur is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.