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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sonsara is a village in Lahar mandal, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,426 across 282 households with a literacy rate of 54.4%. The village is situated at coordinates 26.091°N, 78.930°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONU DIXIT
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- LGD code
- 453622
- Pincode
- 477445
- Post office
- Lahar
- Population
- 1,426
- Households
- 282
- Literacy rate
- 54.4%
- Sex ratio
- 780 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 777
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 350 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 328 km
- Nearest railway station
- Konch · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonsara compares
By population, Sonsara ranks #31 of 147 villages in Lahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.4%
−6.2% vs mandal average
- Sonsara
- 54.4%
- Lahar mandal
- 60.6%
- Bhind district
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
780
−51 vs mandal average
- Sonsara
- 780
- Lahar mandal
- 831
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Sonsara
- 5.1
- Lahar mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonsara at a glance
Sonsara is a village of 1,426 people in 282 households (Census 2011) in Lahar tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 31st-largest of 147 villages in Lahar tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 780 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Bhind district centre, 19 km from Jauri, the nearest town, 25 km from Konch railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477445, served by Lahar post office; the LGD village code is 453622. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SONU DIXIT, and the village votes in Lahar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambrish Sharma (Guddu). The population is estimated at 1,681 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonsara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LAHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 528.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 301.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Sonsara
- LGD code
- 453622
- Pincode
- 477445
- Post office
- Lahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,426
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,681
- Households
- 282
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 780
- Literacy rate
- 54.4%
- Coordinates
- 26.09144°N, 78.93012°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lahar
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambrish Sharma (Guddu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONU DIXIT
- Block / Mandal
- Lahar
Getting there
How to reach Sonsara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal350 kmcapital
- Delhi328 km
- Hyderabad969 km
- Mumbai997 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKonch25 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital9 km
- ATM / bankSBI11 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil11 km
- CollegeFundi Singh Launa Govt PG College40 km
- Police stationpolice chowki41 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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