# Sonaposi Village, Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand)

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Village · Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Sonaposi

Sonaposi is a village in Kharsawan sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833201**. The 2011 Census counted **457 people in 85 households**, the 75th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 457people (2011)
- 85households
- 62.0%literacy
- 833201PIN code

## Sonaposi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sonaposi is 833201.** Sonaposi falls in Kharsawan sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833201
- Gram panchayatJordiha
- Community development blockKharsawan
- Census village code378650

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

## How far is Sonaposi from nearby towns?

- Kharsawan (sub-district HQ)36 km by road
- Seraikela (district HQ)36 km by road
- Seraikela (nearest town)11 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 Sonaposi?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Sonaposi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Begnadih
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kharsawana
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Sonaposi known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 95% of the 62 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 Sonaposi

Of every 100 households in Sonaposi in 2011, 94 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonaposi · ■ Kharsawan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**74%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****38%**

**71%

Television ****7%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sonaposi?

■ Sonaposi · ■ Kharsawan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**947

Working population ****45.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 46.1% for women. 48% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 105 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (34%) · **■** Household industry 13 (6%) · **■** Other work 20 (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 Kharsawan

- Begnadih496 people
- Tankodih495 people
- Potka476 people
- Kotoalsai463 people
- Barahsai430 people
- Mohalisai422 people
- Chamrudih411 people
- Jarkatolah Urf Sandadih407 people

[All 134 villages in Kharsawan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kharsawan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sonaposi?833201
- How far is Sonaposi from Seraikela?36 km by road
- What is the population of Sonaposi?457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonaposi in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kharsawan sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sonaposi?62.0% (Census 2011)