# Sonari Gaon Village, Jorhat West, Jorhat (Assam) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/jorhat/jorhat-west/sonari-gaon/ Village · Jorhat West, Jorhat # Sonari Gaon Sonari Gaon is a village in Jorhat West sub-district of Jorhat district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **3,460 people in 688 households**, the 6th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%. - 3,460people (2011) - 688households - 93.7%literacy - 755females per 1,000 males ## Sonari Gaon PIN code and other codes Sonari Gaon falls in Jorhat West sub-district, Jorhat district, Assam. - Gram panchayatMadhya Khongia - Community development blockJorhat - Census village code293657 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Sonari Gaon from nearby towns? - Jorhat (sub-district HQ)15 km by road - Jorhat (district HQ)15 km by road - Jorhat (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 Sonari Gaon? 22 services counted by the Census are inside Sonari Gaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Degree college5–10 km · Malow - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Sonari Gaon known for? The main crops are **rice and vegetable**. Products made here include cane furnitures. About 56% of the 214 hectares of village land is sown, and 79 hectares are irrigated. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Sonari Gaon Of every 100 households in Sonari Gaon in 2011, 49 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 8 a car. ■ Sonari Gaon · ■ Jorhat West rural average Electricity for lighting ****49%** **50% Toilet within the home ****83%** **65% No toilet (open defecation) ****16%** **34% Tap water ****59%** **22% Drinking water within premises ****48%** **46% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%** **30% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%** **70% Use banking services ****80%** **59% Television ****42%** **39% Mobile phone ****72%** **55% Computer with internet ****1%** **2% Two-wheeler ****28%** **20% Car / jeep / van ****8%** **7% None of these assets ****6%** **11% Own their home ****99%** **94% 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 Sonari Gaon? ■ Sonari Gaon · ■ Jorhat West rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****93.7%** **83.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****755** **958 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****866** **965 Working population ****50.1%** **44.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 97.9% for men and 88.1% for women. 64% of men and 31% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 119 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (2%) · **■** Household industry 48 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,227 (71%) · **■** Marginal 308 (18%) 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 Jorhat West - Puroni Matisatra Koibortra3,982 people - Pani Chakua3,869 people - Bhatemora Gaon3,835 people - Potia Gaon3,482 people - Khangia Gaon3,338 people - Dulia Gaon3,323 people - Raja Howli Gaon3,254 people - No.1 Mohbondha Grant3,138 people [All 130 villages in Jorhat West](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/jorhat/jorhat-west/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Sonari Gaon from Jorhat?15 km by road - What is the population of Sonari Gaon?3,460 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sonari Gaon in?Jorhat district (Jorhat West sub-district), Assam - What is the literacy rate of Sonari Gaon?93.7% (Census 2011)