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About Sonwal Village

Sonwal is one of the larger villages in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,007, made up of 3,179 males and 2,828 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.19 hectares hectares.

Sonwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonwal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Zamania
Area (hectares) 282.19 hectares
Population 6,007
Male Population 3,179
Female Population 2,828
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sonwal compares

By the 2011 count Sonwal is the 26th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 282.19 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Sonwal

Sonwal 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 Sonwal as Available. 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 Sonwal from other places

Sonwal lies about 36 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Tulsi Ashram Railway Station, about 3.1 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 Sonwal
Nearest railway station Tulsi Ashram Railway Station 3.1 km
Nearest town Chandauli 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Zamania 24 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 36 km

Villages closest to Sonwal

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 Sonwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonwal village had a population of 6,007. That makes it the 26th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Sonwal village has 3,179 males and 2,828 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonwal has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Sonwal covers 282.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Sonwal is Tulsi Ashram Railway Station, about 3.1 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Sonwal.

Sonwal is about 36 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonwal is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Tulsi Ashram Railway Station is about 3.1 km away. Chandauli is about 13 km away. Zamania is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tirlokpur (2.7 km), Nagdilpur (5.4 km) and Narainpur (5.5 km).

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

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