# Sonahara Village, Balijana, Goalpara (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Balijana, Goalpara 

# Sonahara

Sonahara is a village in Balijana sub-district of Goalpara district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **939 people in 162 households**, the 72nd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 939people (2011)
- 162households
- 63.5%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Sonahara PIN code and other codes

Sonahara falls in Balijana sub-district, Goalpara district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatKhermuja
- Community development blockKharmuza
- Census village code282072

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

## How far is Sonahara from nearby towns?

- Goalpara (district HQ)29 km by road
- Goalpara (nearest town)29 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 Sonahara?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Sonahara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kharmaya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ambari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Goalpara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 16 h winter

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 Sonahara known for?

The main crops are **paddy and jute**. About 57% of the 134 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 Sonahara

Of every 100 households in Sonahara in 2011, 22 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonahara · ■ Balijana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**30%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**24%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sonahara?

■ Sonahara · ■ Balijana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**958

Working population ****27.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.3% for men and 63.6% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 194 (75%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (16%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%)

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 Balijana

- Ramhari Char No-I1,008 people
- Muralijhar981 people
- Ajagar Pahar N.C.977 people
- Amjonga Pt-II944 people
- Chaplongkata935 people
- Khankhal932 people
- Haripur Kawan Khawa901 people
- Ketkibari880 people

[All 220 villages in Balijana](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/goalpara/balijana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonahara from Goalpara?29 km by road
- What is the population of Sonahara?939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonahara in?Goalpara district (Balijana sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Sonahara?63.5% (Census 2011)