Sonarpal
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Sonarpal (सोनारपाल) is in Bastar tahsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.
Variants
- Sunarpal (सुनारपाल)
Location
It is situated 11km away from sub-district headquarter Bastar (tehsildar office) and 31km away from district headquarter Jagdalpur. According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Sonarpal village is 449328. Sonarpal village is located in Bastar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh, India. As per 2009 stats, Sonarpal village is also a gram panchayat. The total geographical area of village is 466.18 hectares. [1]
History
Sunarpal and Chapka are -within 12 miles from Narayanpal. Chapka has a number of sati pillars, several of which are inscribed. [2]
IV. Sunarpal stone inscription of Mahadevi, queen of Jayasimhadeva
[p.163]: Sunarpal is about 10 miles from Narayanpal. The stone is partially broken, and a part of the inscription is gone. It is undated. It records the grant of land, or, more properly, an imprecation against the resumption of granted land, and gives the names of witnesses before whom the gift was made, but it is not stated where. The gift was apparently made by Manadevi, the chief queen of Jayasimhadeva of the Naga race, the supreme lord of Bhogavati, having the tiger with a calf as his crest. He is called Rajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Jayasimhadeva.
Population
Sonarpal has a total population of 3,214 peoples, out of which male population is 1,596 while female population is 1,618. Literacy rate of sonarpal village is 54.92% out of which 62.97% males and 46.97% females are literate. There are about 756 houses in sonarpal village. Pincode of sonarpal village locality is 495674. Bastar is nearest town to sonarpal for all major economic activities, which is approximately 11km away.[3]
References
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