About Sonapur Village

Sonapur is a small village in Gazole tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 230 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732138, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Gazole
Pincode	732138
Area (hectares)	89.27 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	230
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonapur compares

By the 2011 count Sonapur is the 204th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 89.27 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 984.

Getting to Sonapur

Sonapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sonapur from other places

Sonapur lies about 26 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Bhaluka Road, about 1.8 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 Sonapur
Nearest railway station	Bhaluka Road	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gazole	26 km
District headquarters	Maldah	26 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	31 km

Villages closest to Sonapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonapur village had a population of 438. That makes it the 204th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Sonapur village has 230 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonapur has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Sonapur is 732138. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonapur covers 89.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonapur falls under Gazole tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sonapur is Bhaluka Road, about 1.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonapur.

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

Sonapur is in Gazole tehsil of Maldah district. Bhaluka Road is about 1.8 km away. Gazole is about 26 km away. Maldah is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.