# Sonkhari Village, Bikapur, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bikapur, Faizabad 

# Sonkhari

Sonkhari is a village in Bikapur sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,719 people in 245 households**, the 84th largest of 339 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 1,719people (2011)
- 245households
- 75.8%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonkhari

Of every 100 households in Sonkhari in 2011, 18 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonkhari · ■ Bikapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**90%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****98%**

**86%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

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 Sonkhari?

■ Sonkhari · ■ Bikapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**919

Working population ****25.0%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 70.2% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 145 (34%) · **■** Marginal 221 (51%)

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 Bikapur

- Gaura1,764 people
- Pali Purb1,749 people
- Shivtar1,728 people
- Tardih1,728 people
- Nuawa Baidra1,718 people
- Keshruwa Bujurg1,716 people
- Mangari1,706 people
- Mau1,702 people

[All 340 villages in Bikapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/bikapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonkhari?1,719 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkhari in?Faizabad district (Bikapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkhari?75.8% (Census 2011)