# Sonabari Village, Kalgachia, Barpeta (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kalgachia, Barpeta 

# Sonabari

Sonabari is a village in Kalgachia sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,459 people in 246 households**, the 63rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 23.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 1,459people (2011)
- 246households
- 23.5%literacy
- 1,099females per 1,000 males

## Sonabari PIN code and other codes

Sonabari falls in Kalgachia sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatSonabari
- Community development blockMandia
- Census village code282758

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sonabari from nearby towns?

- Barpeta (district HQ)36 km by road
- Goalpara (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sonabari?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Sonabari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pachim Moinbari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Goalpara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barpeta
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sonabari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 304 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sonabari

Of every 100 households in Sonabari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonabari · ■ Kalgachia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**21%

Tap water ****0%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**16%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****64%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sonabari?

■ Sonabari · ■ Kalgachia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****23.5%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1099**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**952

Working population ****27.5%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 25.1% for men and 22.1% for women. 46% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 295 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (14%) · **■** Marginal 49 (12%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kalgachia

- Pahartali1,652 people
- Phulora N.C.1,622 people
- Monakocha1,551 people
- Uttar Moinbari1,466 people
- Hapachara Pathar1,385 people
- Hatijuna1,384 people
- Bankabhanga1,362 people
- Nadiapara1,361 people

[All 100 villages in Kalgachia](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/kalgachia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonabari from Barpeta?36 km by road
- What is the population of Sonabari?1,459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonabari in?Barpeta district (Kalgachia sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Sonabari?23.5% (Census 2011)