About Sonbarsa Village

Sonbarsa is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,557, made up of 756 males and 801 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.28 hectares hectares.

Sonbarsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonbarsa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	89.28 hectares
Population	1,557
Male Population	756
Female Population	801
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sonbarsa compares

By the 2011 count Sonbarsa is the 78th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 89.28 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Sonbarsa

Sonbarsa 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 Sonbarsa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonbarsa from other places

Sonbarsa lies about 26 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 13 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 Sonbarsa
Nearest railway station	Maghar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	14 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	17 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	26 km

Villages closest to Sonbarsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonbarsa village had a population of 1,557. That makes it the 78th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Sonbarsa village has 756 males and 801 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonbarsa has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Sonbarsa covers 89.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonbarsa falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sonbarsa is Maghar, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sonbarsa.

Sonbarsa is about 26 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonbarsa is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 13 km away. Sahjanwa is about 14 km away. Khalīlābād is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.