About Sonari Shanker Village

Sonari Shanker is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 232 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.05 hectares hectares.

Sonari Shanker Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonari Shanker village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	77.05 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	232
Female Population	239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonari Shanker compares

By the 2011 count Sonari Shanker is the 400th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 77.05 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Sonari Shanker

Sonari Shanker is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sonari Shanker as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sonari Shanker from other places

Sonari Shanker lies about 22 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 16 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 Sonari Shanker
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Sahjanwa	16 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	22 km

Villages closest to Sonari Shanker

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khajni 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 Sonari Shanker

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonari Shanker village had a population of 471. That makes it the 400th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Sonari Shanker village has 232 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonari Shanker has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Sonari Shanker covers 77.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sonari Shanker falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonari Shanker is Sahjanwa, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Sonari Shanker.

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

Sonari Shanker is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 5.2 km away. Sahjanwa is about 16 km away. Gorakhpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.