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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sonwarsa is a small village in Unchehara mandal, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 440 in 93 households. The village has a literacy rate of 52.3%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Indra Chaudhari
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- LGD code
- 463924
- Pincode
- 485661
- Post office
- Unchehara
- Population
- 440
- Households
- 93
- Literacy rate
- 52.3%
- Sex ratio
- 991 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 200
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 378 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 581 km
- Nearest railway station
- Satna Junction · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Dhawari · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonwarsa compares
By population, Sonwarsa ranks #109 of 235 villages in Unchehara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.3%
−6.5% vs mandal average
- Sonwarsa
- 52.3%
- Unchehara mandal
- 58.8%
- Satna district
- 61.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
991
+56 vs mandal average
- Sonwarsa
- 991
- Unchehara mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Sonwarsa
- 4.7
- Unchehara mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonwarsa at a glance
Sonwarsa is a village of 440 people in 93 households (Census 2011) in Unchehara tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 109th-largest of 235 villages in Unchehara tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Satna district centre, 36 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 5 km from Satna Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485661, served by Unchehara post office; the LGD village code is 463924. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dhawari, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Indra Chaudhari, and the village votes in Nagod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Singh. The population is estimated at 519 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonwarsa
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SATNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 8
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 144.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 59.56
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonwarsa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonwarsa
- LGD code
- 463924
- Pincode
- 485661
- Post office
- Unchehara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 440
- Population (projected 2026)
- 519
- Households
- 93
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 991
- Literacy rate
- 52.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.52930°N, 80.85704°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nagod
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nagendra Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Indra Chaudhari
- Block / Mandal
- Unchehara
Getting there
How to reach Sonwarsa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal378 kmcapital
- Delhi581 km
- Kolkata795 km
- Hyderabad832 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSatna Junction5 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dhawari5 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Sonwarsa
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)