Dhodar ali was forcefully commissioned by Ahom king Gadadhar Singha using the so-called lazy people or the socially unproductive 'Dhods' residing within Assam.

The nearest railway station is Bhojo, which is about 3 km away located by the bank of historical Disang River.

The best way to reach Sonari by road is from Sivasagar town through the Dhodar Ali near which the famous royal mausoleum of the Ahom Kings at Charaideo is situated.

It is also believed that Sutamla rested for days in Sonari before proceeding to Namrup during the invasion of Assam and Ahom capital by Aurangzeb's general Mir Jumlah during 1663.

[3] In the middle of the town there is a park around a historic Ahom Kingdom's tank called Bor Pukhuri.

Similarly a statue of Koch General Chilarai has been erected near Tawkak river bridge while entering the town.

In 2004 during the birth centenary of Geetikavi Parvati Prasad Baruva a bust size white statue of this lyrical poet was inaugurated at Sonari.

IV/2211 of 1959 and Registration no.445[8] In the Middle of the town there is a park around a historic Ahom Kingdom's tank called Bor Pukhuri.

In recent years a 100 bedded sub-divisional civil hospital has been created in the outskirt of the city with funds from the Government of Assam and the North-Eastern Council (N.E.C) with additional support from N.R.H.M.

The government of Assam received Rs.417.31 lakhs from the NorthEastern Council (NEC) for up-gradation of Sonari Civil Hospital.

Some of the famous people from sonari are Lyrical-Poet "Geetikavi" Parvati Prasad Baruwa, Poet 'Kavita Konwar' Ambeswar Chetia Phukan etc.

Parvati Prasad Baruwa(1904–1964) was a tea planter, poet, lyricist, dramatist: an icon of Assamese culture and literature.

Sonari is well connected with Sivasagar, Namrup, Dibrugarh, Mon District of Nagaland by road.

The historic Dhodar Ali passes through the town connecting Namrup towards east, Simaluguri; Nazira; Joysagar towards west.

Nabanita Handique of BJP is the incumbent MLA from Sonari (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Nabanita Handique, Sarat Borkataky, Bhadreswar Buragohain, Satya Tanti were some earlier MLAs.

The major cellular service providers are BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance and jio.