About Sonhul Village

Sonhul is a large village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,224, made up of 1,197 males and 1,027 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.06 hectares hectares.

Sonhul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonhul village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Chakia
Area (hectares)	137.06 hectares
Population	2,224
Male Population	1,197
Female Population	1,027
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Sonhul compares

By the 2011 count Sonhul is the 25th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 137.06 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Sonhul

Sonhul 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 Sonhul as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonhul from other places

Sonhul lies about 23 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Chandauli Majhwar, about 23 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 Sonhul
Tehsil headquarters	Chakia	under 2 km
Nearest town	Ahraura	19 km
District headquarters	Chandauli	23 km
Nearest railway station	Chandauli Majhwar	23 km

Villages closest to Sonhul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonhul village had a population of 2,224. That makes it the 25th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Sonhul village has 1,197 males and 1,027 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonhul has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Sonhul covers 137.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonhul falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonhul is Chandauli Majhwar, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Sonhul.

Sonhul is about 23 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonhul is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Chakia is about under 2 km away. Ahraura is about 19 km away. Chandauli is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.