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- LGD code
- 525938
- Pincode
- 425417
- Post office
- Chinchpada
- Population
- 952
- Households
- 230
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1047 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 649
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 33 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 251 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 638 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kolde · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH, Navapur · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonkhadake compares
By population, Sonkhadake ranks #99 of 148 villages in Nawapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.5%
+5.8% vs mandal average
- Sonkhadake
- 55.5%
- Nawapur mandal
- 49.7%
- Nandurbar district
- 55.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,047
+29 vs mandal average
- Sonkhadake
- 1,047
- Nawapur mandal
- 1,018
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Sonkhadake
- 4.1
- Nawapur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonkhadake at a glance
Sonkhadake is a village of 952 people in 230 households (Census 2011) in Nawapur taluka, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra, the 99th-largest of 148 villages in Nawapur taluka. Literacy is 56%, 6 points above the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,047 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Nandurbar district centre, 8 km from Chinchpada, the nearest town, 4 km from Kolde railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 425417, served by Chinchpada post office; the LGD village code is 525938. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH, Navapur, 9 km away. The village votes in Sakri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjula Tulshiram Gavit. The population is estimated at 1,122 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonkhadake
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- 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
- Nawapur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 538.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 381.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 85.85
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonkhadake
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonkhadake
- LGD code
- 525938
- Pincode
- 425417
- Post office
- Chinchpada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 952
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,122
- Households
- 230
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1047
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Coordinates
- 21.12722°N, 73.87937°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nandurbar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sakri
- Member of Parliament
- Gowaal Kagada Padavi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manjula Tulshiram Gavit
- Block / Mandal
- Nawapur
Getting there
How to reach Sonkhadake
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai251 kmcapital
- Hyderabad638 km
- Delhi898 km
- Bengaluru989 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKolde4 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH, Navapur9 km
- CollegeG. H. Mahajan A.C.S. junior college, Taloda60 km
- Police stationPolice Station Taloda60 km
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)