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About Sonharia Village

Sonharia is a large village in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,320, made up of 1,181 males and 1,139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504.21 hectares hectares.

Sonharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonharia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Zamania
Area (hectares) 504.21 hectares
Population 2,320
Male Population 1,181
Female Population 1,139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sonharia compares

By the 2011 count Sonharia is the 86th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 504.21 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Sonharia

Sonharia 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 Sonharia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonharia from other places

Sonharia lies about 18 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Nandganj, about 7.8 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 Sonharia
Nearest railway station Nandganj 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Zamania 14 km
Nearest town Zamānia 14 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 18 km

Villages closest to Sonharia

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

Common questions about Sonharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonharia village had a population of 2,320. That makes it the 86th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Sonharia village has 1,181 males and 1,139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonharia has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Sonharia covers 504.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonharia falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonharia is Nandganj, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sonharia.

Sonharia is about 18 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonharia is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Nandganj is about 7.8 km away. Zamania is about 14 km away. Zamānia is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Partappur (2.7 km), Malsa Khurd (2.8 km) and Sikandarpur T Bara (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sonharia today is likely to be higher.

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