Sonpur

Sonpur, officially named Sonepur, is a city in the Indian state of , situated on the banks of the and Ganges River in the Saran District. Sonpur hosts Asia's largest cattle fair, which starts on Kartik Poornima.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 1,000 residents
  • Description: town in Bihar, India
  • Also known as: “Saran”, “Sonepur”, “Sonepur, Bihar”, and “Sonpur, Bihar”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sonpur Junction railway station and Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Abhifrm.masaurhi, CC0.
Sonpur Junction, station code SEE, is a railway…

Railway station
Photo: Dehwamaisa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bharpura Pahlejaghat Junction, station code PHLG…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Digha.

Suburb
, also spelled as Deega in colonial documents, is a residential neighbourhood in . is situated 9 km southwest of Sonpur.

Sonpur

Latitude
25.69777° or 25° 41′ 52″ north
Longitude
85.15695° or 85° 9′ 25″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
Open location code
7MQ7M5X4+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567133588
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1255735
Wiki­data ID
Q1666538
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Sonpur” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “সোনপুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “सोनपुर”
  • Bishnupriya: “সোনেপুর”
  • Chinese: “索内普尔”
  • Dutch: “Sonepur (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Sonepur”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Sonepur”
  • French: “Sonepur”
  • German: “Sonpur”
  • Hausa: “Sonepur”
  • Hindi: “सोनपुर, बिहार”
  • Hindi: “सोनपुर”
  • Irish: “Sonpur”
  • Italian: “Sonepur”
  • Japanese: “ソーンプル”
  • Magahi: “सोनपुर, बिहार”
  • Magahi: “सोनपुर”
  • Malay: “Sonepur”
  • Marathi: “सोनपूर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sonepur”
  • Oriya: “ସୋନେପୁର, ବିହାର”
  • Oriya: “ସୋନେପୁର”
  • Portuguese: “Sonepur”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱳᱱᱯᱩᱨ, ᱵᱤᱦᱟᱨ”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱳᱱᱯᱩᱨ”
  • Tamil: “சோன்பூர் பீகார்”
  • Tamil: “சோன்பூர், பீகார்”
  • Vietnamese: “Sonepur”
  • “सोनपुर, बिहार”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Salimabaad Phulhara and meow’s hose.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: RPF SONEPUR and station new market.

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