# Sonapos Village, Sonua, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sonua, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Sonapos

Sonapos is a village in Sonua sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833102**. The 2011 Census counted **1,692 people in 379 households**, the 9th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 1,692people (2011)
- 379households
- 70.9%literacy
- 833102PIN code

## Sonapos PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sonapos is 833102.** Sonapos falls in Sonua sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833102
- Gram panchayatSonapos
- Community development blockSonua
- Census village code376879

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

## How far is Sonapos from nearby towns?

- P.Singhbhum (district HQ)48 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town)15 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 Sonapos?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Sonapos; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Chakardharpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 7 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 Sonapos known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 23% of the 75 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Sonapos

Of every 100 households in Sonapos in 2011, 83 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonapos · ■ Sonua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**98%

Use banking services ****70%**

**47%

Television ****32%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**31%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Sonapos?

■ Sonapos · ■ Sonua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**992

Working population ****45.1%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 53.1% for women. 54% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Household industry 40 (5%) · **■** Other work 181 (24%) · **■** Marginal 504 (66%)

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 Sonua

- Bhalurangi2,026 people
- Beljori2,023 people
- Taira1,977 people
- Lonjo1,892 people
- Punipada1,575 people
- Kankoa1,565 people
- Sonuan1,480 people
- Brindaban1,397 people

[All 107 villages in Sonua](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/sonua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sonapos?833102
- How far is Sonapos from P.Singhbhum?48 km by road
- What is the population of Sonapos?1,692 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonapos in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Sonua sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sonapos?70.9% (Census 2011)
