Sonadah

Author: Laxman Burdak IFS (R)

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Map of Janjgir-Champa district

Sonadah () is a village in tahsil Champa of Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

Variants

• Sonada
• Sēṇāḍu (सेणाडु)/Sënâdu/Senadu (सेणाडु) mentioned in Kharod stone Inscription of Ratnadeva II : Chedi year 933 (1181 AD).

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Sonania = Sonadah is a village in tahsil Champa of Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

Location

It is situated 35km away from sub-district headquarter Champa (tehsildar office) and 15km away from district headquarter Janjgir. According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Birra village is 436888. Birra village is located in Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh, India. As per 2009 stats, Birra village is also a gram panchayat. The total geographical area of village is 1383.67 hectares.

History

Sënâdu/Senadu (सेणाडु) village mentioned in (V.39) of Kharod stone Inscription of Ratnadeva II : Chedi year 933 (1181 AD) has been identified with Sonada, 15 miles to the east of Kharôd in the Janjgir tahsil.....(V.39) He (Gangâdhara) excavated at the village called Sēṇāḍu (सेणाडु) a very large lotus-pool, the blooming lotuses in which are kissed by swarms of lovely humming bees.

Population

Birra has a total population of 7,805 peoples, out of which male population is 3,945 while female population is 3,860. Literacy rate of birra village is 65.25% out of which 74.37% males and 55.93% females are literate. There are about 1,568 houses in birra village. Pincode of birra village locality is 495661.