# Sonpuri Village, Kawardha, Kabeerdham (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Kawardha, Kabeerdham 

# Sonpuri

Sonpuri is a village in Kawardha sub-district of Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491336**. The 2011 Census counted **1,022 people in 214 households**, the 63rd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.0%.

- 1,022people (2011)
- 214households
- 59.7%literacy
- 491336PIN code

## Sonpuri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sonpuri is 491336.** Sonpuri falls in Kawardha sub-district, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491336
- Gram panchayatSonpurigudha
- Community development blockKawardha
- Census village code439117

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

## How far is Sonpuri from nearby towns?

- Kawardha (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Kawardha (district HQ)27 km by road
- Pipariya (nearest town)17 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 Sonpuri?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Sonpuri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Indauri
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kawardha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kawardha
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 17 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 Sonpuri known for?

The main crops are **paddy, soyabean and gram**. About 80% of the 239 hectares of village land is sown, and 105 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 Sonpuri

Of every 100 households in Sonpuri in 2011, 30 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonpuri · ■ Kawardha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****32%**

**63%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****51%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sonpuri?

■ Sonpuri · ■ Kawardha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**60.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****722**

**981

Working population ****51.2%**

**50.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 47.7% for women. 53% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 187 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 262 (50%) · **■** Other work 21 (4%) · **■** Marginal 53 (10%)

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 Kawardha

- Chachedi1,072 people
- Jarti1,067 people
- Daujri1,035 people
- Kuteli1,025 people
- Litipur1,020 people
- Newariguda1,019 people
- Badaradeeh1,001 people
- Khamhi998 people

[All 182 villages in Kawardha](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/kabeerdham/kawardha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sonpuri?491336
- How far is Sonpuri from Kawardha?27 km by road
- What is the population of Sonpuri?1,022 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpuri in?Kabeerdham district (Kawardha sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpuri?59.7% (Census 2011)
