About Sonla Village

Sonla is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 191 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonla village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	85.69 hectares
Population	371
Male Population	191
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonla compares

By the 2011 count Sonla is the 27th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 85.69 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Sonla

Sonla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sonla from other places

Sonla lies about 40 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 86 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 Sonla
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	35 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	40 km
Nearest town	Almora	56 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	86 km

Villages closest to Sonla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonla village had a population of 371. That makes it the 27th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Sonla village has 191 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonla has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Sonla is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonla covers 85.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonla falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sonla is Ramnagar, about 86 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sonla.

Sonla is about 40 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonla is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 35 km away. Chamoli is about 40 km away. Almora is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.