# Sonpur Village, Tulsipur, Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh) (3)

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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 **1,977 people in 279 households**, the 157th largest of 376 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.3%.

- 1,977people (2011)
- 279households
- 50.1%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonpur

Of every 100 households in Sonpur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sonpur · ■ Tulsipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**56%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****96%**

**81%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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+) ****50.1%**

**45.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**956

Working population ****43.4%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 39.5% for women. 52% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 305 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (9%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 107 (12%) · **■** Marginal 349 (41%)

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

- Manpur1,998 people
- Dhandhara1,993 people
- Narchahwa Saif1,983 people
- Layburwa1,982 people
- Bhojpur Tharu1,972 people
- Khargaura1,965 people
- Mohanpur1,956 people
- Latthawar1,954 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonpur?1,977 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpur in?Balrampur district (Tulsipur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpur?50.1% (Census 2011)