Sonkhed
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Sonkhed is a village in
.Demography
Sonkhed is a village with total 1100 families residing. The Sonkhed village has population of 5995 of which 3110 are males while 2885 are females as per Population Census 2011.[2] Average Sex Ratio of Sonkhed village is 928 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929.[2]
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.60% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.53% of total population in Sonkhed village.[2]
Sonkhed village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonkhed village was 78.08% compared to 82.34% of Maharashtra. In Sonkhed Male literacy stands at 86.13% while female literacy rate was 69.49%.[2]
Transport
It is located 22 km towards South from District headquarters
There is no railway station in Sonkhed, nearest railway stations are
Politics
Sonkhed comes under
Culture
Wednesday is the day of weekly market in Sonkhed, hundreds of people from surrounding villages comes to Sonkhed on weekly market day. Well known Maroti Temple lie in centre of market place while other temples includes temple of
Institutions
Sonkhed is one of major village in Nanded district. It has Primary health centre and Police station, both of which covers 40-60 surrounding small villages. Sonkhed have facility of education till graduation level and students from surrounding small villages come to Sonkhed for studies.
References
- ^ "Location of Sonkhed". India Mapia. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
See footnotes at very bottom of the article.
- ^ a b c d e "Sonkhed Village Population - Loha - Nanded, Maharashtra". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Sonkhed PinCode 431708, Loha, Nanded". India Post. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Nanded(South)". elections. Retrieved 10 May 2015.