# Sonpuri Village, Baloda Bazar, Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Baloda Bazar, Raipur 

# Sonpuri

Sonpuri is a village in Baloda Bazar sub-district of Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **493332**. The 2011 Census counted **653 people in 108 households**, the 115th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 653people (2011)
- 108households
- 72.4%literacy
- 493332PIN code

## Sonpuri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sonpuri is 493332.** Sonpuri falls in Baloda Bazar sub-district, Raipur district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code493332
- Gram panchayatBharsela
- Community development blockBalodabazar
- Census village code443732

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?

- Baloda Bazar (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Raipur (district HQ)87 km by road
- Baloda Bazar (nearest town)3 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?

6 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
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Baloda Bazar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Baloda Bazar
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Baloda Bazar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 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, wheat and lakh**. About 51% of the 168 hectares of village land is sown, and 84 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, 98 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonpuri · ■ Baloda Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****13%**

**33%

Television ****41%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 · ■ Baloda Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**1007

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**976

Working population ****43.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 60.3% for women. 47% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 125 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (23%) · **■** Other work 28 (10%) · **■** Marginal 65 (23%)

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 Baloda Bazar

- Magarchaba721 people
- Kailashgadh717 people
- Sarkipar717 people
- Dhandhani700 people
- Khairghata643 people
- Piprahi614 people
- Khapari612 people
- Bhadra606 people

[All 147 villages in Baloda Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/raipur/baloda-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sonpuri?493332
- How far is Sonpuri from Raipur?87 km by road
- What is the population of Sonpuri?653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpuri in?Raipur district (Baloda Bazar sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpuri?72.4% (Census 2011)