# Sonoro Village, Khuntpani, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Khuntpani, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Sonoro

Sonoro is a village in Khuntpani sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833201**. The 2011 Census counted **1,015 people in 196 households**, the 25th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 55.3%.

- 1,015people (2011)
- 196households
- 56.0%literacy
- 833201PIN code

## Sonoro PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sonoro is 833201.** Sonoro falls in Khuntpani sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833201
- Gram panchayatPuruniya
- Community development blockKhuntpani
- Census village code377471

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

## How far is Sonoro from nearby towns?

- Khuntpani (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)20 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)20 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 Sonoro?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Sonoro; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Sonoro known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 48% of the 318 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Sonoro

Of every 100 households in Sonoro in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonoro · ■ Khuntpani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****40%**

**31%

Television ****5%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sonoro?

■ Sonoro · ■ Khuntpani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**55.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**1022

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**978

Working population ****36.4%**

**43.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 42.4% for women. 47% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 177 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (34%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 40 (11%) · **■** Marginal 23 (6%)

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 Khuntpani

- Latarsika1,056 people
- Pandrasali1,042 people
- Kotsana Alias Kotsawan1,040 people
- Horlor1,024 people
- Sangajata978 people
- Janumbera955 people
- Kustuya930 people
- Bainka923 people

[All 116 villages in Khuntpani](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/khuntpani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sonoro?833201
- How far is Sonoro from Chaibasa?20 km by road
- What is the population of Sonoro?1,015 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonoro in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Khuntpani sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sonoro?56.0% (Census 2011)