# Sonkhar Village, Ramnagar, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/ramnagar/sonkhar/ Village · Ramnagar, Pashchim Champaran # Sonkhar Sonkhar is a village in Ramnagar sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845106**. The 2011 Census counted **3,330 people in 622 households**, the 12th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.7%. - 3,330people (2011) - 622households - 54.8%literacy - 845106PIN code ## Sonkhar PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Sonkhar is 845106.** Sonkhar falls in Ramnagar sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. - PIN code845106 - Gram panchayatSonkhar - Community development blockRamnagar - Census village code216298 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? - Ramnagar (sub-district HQ)2 km by road - Bettiah (district HQ)50 km by road - Ramnagar (nearest town)9 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? 13 services counted by the Census are inside Sonkhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ramnagar - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Ramnagar - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 3 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 Sonkhar known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 54% of the 185 hectares of village land is sown, and 95 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, 17 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Sonkhar · ■ Ramnagar rural average Electricity for lighting ****17%** **6% Toilet within the home ****23%** **11% No toilet (open defecation) ****77%** **88% Tap water ****0%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****56%** **54% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **1% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%** **98% Use banking services ****43%** **40% Television ****11%** **8% Mobile phone ****40%** **41% Computer with internet ****1%** **0% Two-wheeler ****4%** **5% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **1% None of these assets ****32%** **28% Own their home ****99%** **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 · ■ Ramnagar rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%** **52.7% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946** **929 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073** **981 Working population ****33.6%** **41.1% ### Women and men Literacy is 63.9% for men and 44.9% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 68 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 358 (32%) · **■** Household industry 28 (3%) · **■** Other work 70 (6%) · **■** Marginal 594 (53%) 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 Ramnagar - Bhawal4,317 people - Meghwal4,251 people - Bakri Pachrukhiya4,162 people - Sigri3,354 people - Dhokraha3,329 people - Phulwariya3,291 people - Parsauni3,113 people - Bankatwa3,110 people [All 152 villages in Ramnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/ramnagar/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Sonkhar?845106 - How far is Sonkhar from Bettiah?50 km by road - What is the population of Sonkhar?3,330 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sonkhar in?Pashchim Champaran district (Ramnagar sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Sonkhar?54.8% (Census 2011)