Lead story
20
September 2026
newsSTATE
Maharashtra drought: Declare drought, provide Rs 50,000 per hectare aid, waive loans, says Harshwardhan Sapkal
Reported by Mid-Day.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RJ
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RUPALI JITENDRA MANERKAR
Contact: 80****1148
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Sonale can update it.
- LGD code
- 552651
- Pincode
- 421302
- Post office
- Dandekarwadi
- Population
- 1,448
- Households
- 349
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Sex ratio
- 638 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 751
- Distance to district centre
- 200 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 226 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 348 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 475 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pahur · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Pahur · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonale compares
By population, Sonale ranks #75 of 214 villages in Bhiwandi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.8%
+8.7% vs mandal average
- Sonale
- 73.8%
- Bhiwandi mandal
- 65.1%
- Thane district
- 74.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
638
−251 vs mandal average
- Sonale
- 638
- Bhiwandi mandal
- 889
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Sonale
- 4.1
- Bhiwandi mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonale at a glance
Sonale is a village of 1,448 people in 349 households (Census 2011) in Bhiwandi taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 75th-largest of 214 villages in Bhiwandi taluka. Literacy is 74%, 9 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 638 women per 1,000 men. It lies 200 km from the Thane district centre, 14 km from Shendurni, the nearest town, 3 km from Pahur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 421302, served by Dandekarwadi post office; the LGD village code is 552651. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Pahur, 4 km away. The sarpanch is RUPALI JITENDRA MANERKAR, and the village votes in Akole assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate. The population is estimated at 1,707 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonale →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonale · this village | 1,448 | 74% | — |
| Sonale · Dahanu | 905 | 38% | 0 km N |
| Sonale · Jamner | 2,408 | 73% | 0 km N |
| Kharchane · Jamner | 516 | 65% | 4.6 km SW |
| Pimpalgaon Golait · Jamner | 1,138 | 68% | 4.9 km E |
| Hivari Digar · Jamner | 452 | 51% | 7.2 km S |
| Bharadi · Jamner | 1,792 | 70% | 7.2 km NW |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonale
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Bhiwandi
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 293
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 188.68
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonale
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonale
- LGD code
- 552651
- Pincode
- 421302
- Post office
- Dandekarwadi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,448
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,707
- Households
- 349
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 638
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.74452°N, 75.68851°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Akole
- Member of Parliament
- Bhausaheb Wakchaure
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RUPALI JITENDRA MANERKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Bhiwandi
- Nearest police station
- Rajur Police Station (233.4 km)
- Nearest bank
- Corporation Bank (218.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Sonale
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai348 kmcapital
- Hyderabad475 km
- Bengaluru888 km
- Delhi888 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPahur3 km
- Bus stophivarakhrde bk11 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Pahur4 km
- ATM / banka.d.c.c25 km
- CollegeGodavari College Of Engineering30 km
- Police stationPolice19 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 421302
Same name, different place
Other villages named Sonale
Looking for a different Sonale? 3 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Sonale →
Villages near Sonale
Other villages in Bhiwandi mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)