Village · Gournagar, North Tripura # Sonamukhi Sonamukhi is a village in Gournagar sub-district of North Tripura district, Tripura, PIN code 799280. The 2011 Census counted 511 people in 117 households, the 38th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.3%. - 511 people (2011) - 117 households - 69.8% literacy - 799280 PIN code ## Sonamukhi PIN code and other codes The PIN code of Sonamukhi is 799280. Sonamukhi falls in Gournagar sub-district, North Tripura district, Tripura. - PIN code 799280 - Community development block Gournagar - Census village code 272609 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Sonamukhi from nearby towns? - Gournagar (sub-district HQ) 3 km by road - Kailasahar (district HQ) 9 km by road - Kailasahar (nearest town) 9 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Sonamukhi? 7 services counted by the Census are inside Sonamukhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Post office In village - ● Sub post office In village - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Primary school under 5 km · Koulikura - ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Koulikura - ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Kailasahar - ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Kailasahar - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km - ○ Dispensary 5–10 km - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 5–10 km - ○ Commercial bank under 5 km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km - ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km - ○ Public library 5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking water untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 8 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Sonamukhi known for? The main crops are paddy, tea and paddy. Products made here include dry fishes, basketry, cane goods, bamboo stick, bamboo goods and baboo crafts. About 8% of the 626 hectares of village land is sown, and 41 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Sonamukhi Of every 100 households in Sonamukhi in 2011, 22 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Sonamukhi · ■ Gournagar rural average - Electricity for lighting 22% 56% - Toilet within the home 80% 84% - No toilet (open defecation) 20% 14% - Tap water 69% 32% - Drinking water within premises 0% 17% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 7% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 93% - Use banking services 9% 73% - Television 14% 26% - Mobile phone 19% 34% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 1% 5% - Car / jeep / van 0% 2% - None of these assets 51% 34% - Own their home 1% 92% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Sonamukhi? ■ Sonamukhi · ■ Gournagar rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 69.8% 83.3% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 858 967 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 1033 981 - Working population 38.4% 36.6% ### Women and men Literacy is 79.2% for men and 58.5% for women. 49% of men and 26% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 1 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 21 (11%) · ■ Other work 65 (33%) · ■ Marginal 109 (56%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Gournagar - Halaichhara 1,387 people - Dhatuchhara 990 people - Uttar Unakuti R.F. 894 people - Debasthal 623 people - Samaruhala R.F. 273 people All 39 villages in Gournagar ## Other places named Sonamukhi - Sonamukhi · Sub-district, Bankura · 158,697 people - Sonamukhi · Town, Bankura · 29,085 people - Sonamukhi · Village, Thakurpukur Mahestola, South Twenty Four Parganas · 3,670 people - Sonamukhi · Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura · 797 people - Sonamukhi · Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur · 251 people ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Sonamukhi? 799280 - How far is Sonamukhi from Kailasahar? 9 km by road - What is the population of Sonamukhi? 511 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sonamukhi in? North Tripura district (Gournagar sub-district), Tripura - What is the literacy rate of Sonamukhi? 69.8% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/north-tripura/gournagar/sonamukhi/ · Updated 2026-11-03 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.