# Sonkhar Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Sonkhar

Sonkhar is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **23 people in 4 households**, the 155th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 23people (2011)
- 4households
- 47.6%literacy
- 438females per 1,000 males

## Sonkhar PIN code and other codes

Sonkhar falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSonkhar
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216460

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

## How far is Sonkhar from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)56 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)23 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 Sonkhar?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Sonkhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Rajpur
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Amolwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Sonkhar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 58% of the 58 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 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 Sonkhar

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

■ Sonkhar · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****0%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Sonkhar?

■ Sonkhar · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.6%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****438**

**922

Working population ****43.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 14.3% for women. 44% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 3 (30%) · **■** Other work 1 (10%) · **■** Marginal 6 (60%)

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 Gaunaha

- Jaria196 people
- Hasti Bairia116 people
- Kataha25 people
- Kehunia Dih24 people
- Basantpur1 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonkhar from Bettiah?56 km by road
- What is the population of Sonkhar?23 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkhar in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkhar?47.6% (Census 2011)