# Sonpur Village, Tulsipur, Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tulsipur, Balrampur 

# Sonpur

Sonpur is a village in Tulsipur sub-district of Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,280 people in 346 households**, the 121st largest of 376 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 30.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.3%.

- 2,280people (2011)
- 346households
- 30.5%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonpur

Of every 100 households in Sonpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonpur · ■ Tulsipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**10%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****76%**

**81%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sonpur?

■ Sonpur · ■ Tulsipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****30.5%**

**45.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**956

Working population ****26.8%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.8% for men and 18.8% for women. 46% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 351 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (17%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 59 (10%) · **■** Marginal 91 (15%)

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 Tulsipur

- Parsapalai Dih2,341 people
- Sahab Nager2,339 people
- Charan Gahiya2,312 people
- Siktihwa2,305 people
- Haraiya Chandrasi2,267 people
- Gairahwa2,266 people
- Jamuni Kalan2,262 people
- Baghail Khand2,252 people

[All 386 villages in Tulsipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/balrampur/tulsipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonpur?2,280 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpur in?Balrampur district (Tulsipur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpur?30.5% (Census 2011)