| Sonkatch | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Sonkatch  Sonkatch | |
| Coordinates: 23°33′08″N77°25′07″E / 23.5523129°N 77.4185584°E Coordinates: 23°33′08″N77°25′07″E / 23.5523129°N 77.4185584°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Bhopal |
| Tehsil | Berasia |
| Elevation | 496 m (1,627 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,001 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | MP-IN |
| 2011 census code | 482277 |
Sonkatch is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Berasia tehsil. [1]
Bhopal District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Bhopal serves as its administrative headquarters. The district is part of Bhopal Division.
Madhya Pradesh is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Gwalior,Ujjain and Sagar being the other major cities. Nicknamed the "Heart of India" due to its geographical location, Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian state by area and the fifth largest state by population with over 75 million residents. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. Its total area is 308,252 km2. Before 2000, when Chhattisgarh was a part of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest state in India and the distance between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km. Konta is presently in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
