# Sonkhar Village, Roha, Raigarh (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/raigarh/roha/sonkhar/

Village · Roha, Raigarh 

# Sonkhar

Sonkhar is a village in Roha sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **429 people in 83 households**, the 113th largest of 167 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 429people (2011)
- 83households
- 64.2%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Sonkhar PIN code and other codes

Sonkhar falls in Roha sub-district, Raigarh district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockRoha
- Census village code554298

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

## How far is Sonkhar from nearby towns?

- Roha Ashtami (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)26 km by road
- Roha Ashtami (nearest town)26 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 Sonkhar?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Sonkhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Roha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Roha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nagothane
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Sonkhar known for?

About 41% of the 80 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Sonkhar

Of every 100 households in Sonkhar in 2011, 88 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonkhar · ■ Roha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**28%

Tap water ****100%**

**55%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**64%

Use banking services ****43%**

**52%

Television ****30%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****34%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**86%

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 Sonkhar?

■ Sonkhar · ■ Roha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**939

Working population ****37.8%**

**46.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 54.4% for women. 60% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 12 (7%) · **■** Other work 66 (41%) · **■** Marginal 84 (52%)

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 Roha

- Temghar448 people
- Vitthalwadi448 people
- Malsai436 people
- Adiwasiwadi [Kolad]430 people
- Tamhanshet424 people
- Warathi416 people
- Yeral414 people
- Muthavali Kh405 people

[All 167 villages in Roha](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/raigarh/roha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonkhar from Alibag?26 km by road
- What is the population of Sonkhar?429 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkhar in?Raigarh district (Roha sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkhar?64.2% (Census 2011)