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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sonsa is a village in Govardhan mandal, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, located at 27.449°N, 77.558°E with PIN 281501. The village has a population of 2,607 across 487 households and a literacy rate of 48.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Tej singh
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- LGD code
- 124242
- Pincode
- 281501
- Post office
- Aring
- Population
- 2,607
- Households
- 487
- Literacy rate
- 48.7%
- Sex ratio
- 867 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 676
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 22 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 342 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 134 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mora · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chauhan Clinic · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonsa compares
By population, Sonsa ranks #40 of 87 villages in Govardhan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.7%
−5.7% vs mandal average
- Sonsa
- 48.7%
- Govardhan mandal
- 54.4%
- Mathura district
- 59.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
867
+4 vs mandal average
- Sonsa
- 867
- Govardhan mandal
- 863
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Sonsa
- 5.4
- Govardhan mandal
- 6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonsa at a glance
Sonsa is a village of 2,607 people in 487 households (Census 2011) in Govardhan tehsil, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, the 40th-largest of 87 villages in Govardhan tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 867 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Mathura district centre, 10 km from Magorra, the nearest town, 7 km from Mora railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 281501, served by Aring post office; the LGD village code is 124242. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chauhan Clinic, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Tej singh, and the village votes in Mant assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Chaudhary. The population is estimated at 3,074 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonsa
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MATHURA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ADIG
- Total area (ha)
- 483.94
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 349.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonsa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonsa
- LGD code
- 124242
- Pincode
- 281501
- Post office
- Aring
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,607
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,074
- Households
- 487
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 867
- Literacy rate
- 48.7%
- Coordinates
- 27.44939°N, 77.55770°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mathura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mant
- Member of Parliament
- Hema Malini
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Chaudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Tej singh
- Block / Mandal
- Govardhan
- Nearest police station
- new agra police station (51.5 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Kunte Maternity and Nursing Home (51.5 km)
- Nearest post office
- DAYAL BAGH,AGRA (51.3 km)
- Nearest bank
- Oriental Bank of Commerce (50.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Sonsa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow342 kmcapital
- Delhi134 km
- Mumbai1046 km
- Hyderabad1123 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMora7 km
- Bus stopVrindavan Bus Stand20 km
- Hospital / PHCChauhan Clinic10 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank10 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum10 km
- CollegeASM College17 km
- Police stationGOVIND NAGAR STATION13 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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