# Somnathpur Village, Bansdih, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansdih, Ballia 

# Somnathpur

Somnathpur is a village in Bansdih sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **461 people in 73 households**, the 220th largest of 377 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 461people (2011)
- 73households
- 69.0%literacy
- 733females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Somnathpur

Of every 100 households in Somnathpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Somnathpur · ■ Bansdih rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**80%

Tap water ****92%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****72%**

**70%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Somnathpur?

■ Somnathpur · ■ Bansdih rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****733**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**911

Working population ****25.2%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 50.6% for women. 42% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (64%) · **■** Other work 38 (33%) · **■** Marginal 3 (3%)

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 Bansdih

- Rigawan Mathiya476 people
- Vikrampur South476 people
- Choubepur473 people
- Baspali465 people
- Dhan Pallia Taluka Bansdih459 people
- Janpah Taluka Bansdih457 people
- Balirampur456 people
- Goura456 people

[All 486 villages in Bansdih](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/bansdih/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Somnathpur?461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Somnathpur in?Ballia district (Bansdih sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Somnathpur?69.0% (Census 2011)