# 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 **2,064 people in 296 households**, the 144th largest of 376 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.3%.

- 2,064people (2011)
- 296households
- 53.2%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonpur

Of every 100 households in Sonpur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonpur · ■ Tulsipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**89%

Tap water ****39%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**56%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****93%**

**81%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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+) ****53.2%**

**45.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**956

Working population ****29.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 40.4% for women. 47% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 233 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (10%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (11%) · **■** Marginal 237 (39%)

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

- Motipur Harahwa2,088 people
- Farendi2,081 people
- Nauwa2,071 people
- Bhaduwa Shanker Nager2,066 people
- Sakri Kulya2,061 people
- Gopalipur2,060 people
- Kodri2,021 people
- Bhagwanpur Seopur2,020 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonpur?2,064 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpur in?Balrampur district (Tulsipur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpur?53.2% (Census 2011)