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- LGD code
- 517719
- Pincode
- 388245
- Post office
- Sevalia Rs
- Population
- 8,233
- Households
- 1,673
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,542
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonipur compares
By population, Sonipur ranks #5 of 28 villages in Galteshwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.8%
−1.4% vs mandal average
- Sonipur
- 67.8%
- Galteshwar mandal
- 69.2%
- Kheda district
- 72.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
+5 vs mandal average
- Sonipur
- 925
- Galteshwar mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Sonipur
- 4.9
- Galteshwar mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonipur at a glance
Sonipur is a village of 8,233 people in 1,673 households (Census 2011) in Galteshwar taluka, Kheda district, Gujarat, the 5th-largest of 28 villages in Galteshwar taluka. Literacy is 68%, 1 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 388245, served by Sevalia Rs post office; the LGD village code is 517719. The village votes in Sanand assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel. The population is estimated at 9,707 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonipur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 5
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- THASRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SONIPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 1,300.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 600.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonipur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonipur
- LGD code
- 517719
- Pincode
- 388245
- Post office
- Sevalia Rs
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,233
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,707
- Households
- 1,673
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gandhinagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanand
- Member of Parliament
- Amit Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kanubhai Karamshibhai Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Galteshwar
- Nearest bank
- HDFC Bank (3.9 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Sanand (9.0 km)
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Other villages in Galteshwar mandal
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)