By population, Sonthiya ranks #88 of 183 villages in Basoda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonthiya is a village of 583 people in 122 households (Census 2011) in Basoda tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 88th-largest of 183 villages in Basoda tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,003 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Vidisha district centre, 5 km from Vidisha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464220, served by Gulabganj post office; the LGD village code is 481308. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jeevan Dhara Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is RamGopal Yadav, and the village votes in Basoda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Singh Raghuwanshi (Badda). The population is estimated at 687 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonthiya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonthiya · this village | 583 | 63% | — |
| Sonthiya · Bhairunda | 1,194 | 62% | 0 km N |
| Sothiya · Vidisha Nagar | 1,038 | 55% | 0.6 km N |
| Jhirniya · Vidisha | 263 | 65% | 2.3 km SE |
| Gehu Khedi · Vidisha Nagar | 487 | 49% | 2.4 km E |
| Padriya Mafi · Vidisha Nagar | 202 | 51% | 2.7 km NW |
| Rangai · Khaknar | 2,056 | 37% | 3.9 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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