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About Sonamukhi Village

Sonamukhi is a mid sized village in Sonamukhi tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 797, made up of 389 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571.65 hectares hectares.

Sonamukhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonamukhi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Sonamukhi
Area (hectares) 571.65 hectares
Population 797
Male Population 389
Female Population 408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sonamukhi compares

By the 2011 count Sonamukhi is the 73rd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 571.65 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Sonamukhi

The census records public bus service for Sonamukhi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Sonamukhi from other places

Sonamukhi lies about 36 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Sonamukhi, about under 2 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 Sonamukhi
Nearest town Sonāmukhi under 2 km
Nearest railway station Sonamukhi under 2 km
District headquarters Bankura 36 km

Villages closest to Sonamukhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonamukhi village had a population of 797. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Sonamukhi village has 389 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonamukhi has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Sonamukhi covers 571.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonamukhi falls under Sonamukhi tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sonamukhi is Sonamukhi, about under 2 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 <5 km distance for Sonamukhi.

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

Sonamukhi is in Sonamukhi tehsil of Bankura district. Sonāmukhi is about under 2 km away. Sonamukhi is about under 2 km away. Bankura is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palashdanga (12 km), Brindabanpur (14 km) and Panchal (15 km).

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

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