# Sonkhara Village, Bamori, Guna (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Bamori, Guna 

# Sonkhara

Sonkhara is a village in Bamori sub-district of Guna district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,573 people in 277 households**, the 18th largest of 223 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.7%.

- 1,573people (2011)
- 277households
- 60.1%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Sonkhara PIN code and other codes

Sonkhara falls in Bamori sub-district, Guna district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBamori
- Census village code498997

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

## How far is Sonkhara from nearby towns?

- Bamori (sub-district HQ)70 km by road
- Guna (district HQ)70 km by road
- Guna (nearest town)70 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 Sonkhara?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Sonkhara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Guna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Guna
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Guna
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Sonkhara known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and dhaniya**. About 54% of the 1,350 hectares of village land is sown, and 157 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 Sonkhara

Of every 100 households in Sonkhara in 2011, 82 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonkhara · ■ Bamori rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**57%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****46%**

**30%

Television ****25%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****31%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sonkhara?

■ Sonkhara · ■ Bamori rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**57.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**911

Working population ****39.5%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 42.9% for women. 54% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 323 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (15%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 182 (29%)

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 Bamori

- Berkhedi1,755 people
- Laloni1,749 people
- Kalora1,643 people
- Mundra Hanuman1,573 people
- Kapasi1,566 people
- Hamirpur1,554 people
- Kherla1,530 people
- Khadela1,457 people

[All 254 villages in Bamori](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/guna/bamori/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonkhara from Guna?70 km by road
- What is the population of Sonkhara?1,573 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkhara in?Guna district (Bamori sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkhara?60.1% (Census 2011)