# Sonpal Village, Durgkondal, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Durgkondal, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Sonpal

Sonpal is a village in Durgkondal sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494771**. The 2011 Census counted **372 people in 71 households**, the 78th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 372people (2011)
- 71households
- 59.7%literacy
- 494771PIN code

## Sonpal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sonpal is 494771.** Sonpal falls in Durgkondal sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494771
- Gram panchayatHamatwahi
- Community development blockDurgkondal
- Census village code447721

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

## How far is Sonpal from nearby towns?

- Durgkondal (sub-district HQ)31 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)107 km by road
- Bhanupratappur (nearest town)107 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 Sonpal?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Sonpal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Badgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pankhajur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Sonpal known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kodo**. About 49% of the 400 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 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 Sonpal

Of every 100 households in Sonpal in 2011, 54 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonpal · ■ Durgkondal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****99%**

**35%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****13%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sonpal?

■ Sonpal · ■ Durgkondal rural average

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

**62.6%

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

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**972

Working population ****57.5%**

**57.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 50.6% for women. 56% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 90 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 119 (56%)

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 Durgkondal

- Vainar385 people
- Ghotulmunda380 people
- Gumdi378 people
- Newari372 people
- Diyagaon367 people
- Dandaikheda362 people
- Dodade357 people
- Seoni342 people

[All 150 villages in Durgkondal](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/durgkondal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sonpal?494771
- How far is Sonpal from Kanker?107 km by road
- What is the population of Sonpal?372 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpal in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Durgkondal sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpal?59.7% (Census 2011)