# Sonkhari Village, Kathumar, Alwar (Rajasthan) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/alwar/kathumar/sonkhari/ Village · Kathumar, Alwar # Sonkhari Sonkhari is a village in Kathumar sub-district of Alwar district, Rajasthan, PIN code **321606**. The 2011 Census counted **4,318 people in 679 households**, the 10th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%. - 4,318people (2011) - 679households - 64.3%literacy - 321606PIN code ## Sonkhari PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Sonkhari is 321606.** Sonkhari falls in Kathumar sub-district, Alwar district, Rajasthan. - PIN code321606 - Community development blockKathumar - Census village code073795 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Sonkhari from nearby towns? - Kathumar (sub-district HQ)13 km by road - Alwar (district HQ)77 km by road - Kherli (nearest town)6 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 Sonkhari? 26 services counted by the Census are inside Sonkhari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●ATMIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Cooperative bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Degree college5–10 km · Kherli - ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kherli - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km - ○Post office10+ km - ○Public bus service5–10 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)5 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 Sonkhari known for? The main crops are **bajara, sarson and wheat**. Products made here include wooden furnitur. About 83% of the 1,114 hectares of village land is sown, and 830 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 Sonkhari Of every 100 households in Sonkhari in 2011, 49 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 5 a car. ■ Sonkhari · ■ Kathumar rural average Electricity for lighting ****49%** **68% Toilet within the home ****11%** **8% No toilet (open defecation) ****89%** **91% Tap water ****25%** **10% Drinking water within premises ****10%** **15% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%** **4% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%** **96% Use banking services ****53%** **63% Television ****29%** **30% Mobile phone ****67%** **67% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****20%** **20% Car / jeep / van ****5%** **3% None of these assets ****12%** **19% Own their home ****100%** **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 Sonkhari? ■ Sonkhari · ■ Kathumar rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%** **68.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869** **878 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908** **876 Working population ****43.4%** **48.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 79.1% for men and 47.0% for women. 50% of men and 36% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 581 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 432 (23%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 247 (13%) · **■** Marginal 600 (32%) 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 Kathumar - Garoo5,812 people - Bhanokhar4,960 people - Sonkh4,574 people - Masari4,562 people - Khonkhar3,582 people - Kalwari3,237 people - Titpuri3,197 people - Dantiya3,100 people [All 153 villages in Kathumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/alwar/kathumar/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Sonkhari?321606 - How far is Sonkhari from Alwar?77 km by road - What is the population of Sonkhari?4,318 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sonkhari in?Alwar district (Kathumar sub-district), Rajasthan - What is the literacy rate of Sonkhari?64.3% (Census 2011)