# Sonapar Village, Azamgarh, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Azamgarh, Azamgarh 

# Sonapar

Sonapar is a village in Azamgarh sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,346 people in 290 households**, the 77th largest of 605 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 2,346people (2011)
- 290households
- 70.6%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonapar

Of every 100 households in Sonapar in 2011, 20 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonapar · ■ Azamgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**80%

Tap water ****6%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**43%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****86%**

**81%

Television ****10%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

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 Sonapar?

■ Sonapar · ■ Azamgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**916

Working population ****23.3%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 61.6% for women. 37% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (16%) · **■** Household industry 28 (5%) · **■** Other work 109 (20%) · **■** Marginal 246 (45%)

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 Azamgarh

- Nibi Bujurg2,392 people
- Surai2,389 people
- Khemaupur2,383 people
- Bohana2,375 people
- Chak Lal Ghar2,330 people
- Munda2,325 people
- Ranipur2,320 people
- Pahi Jamin Patti2,286 people

[All 666 villages in Azamgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/azamgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonapar?2,346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonapar in?Azamgarh district (Azamgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonapar?70.6% (Census 2011)