# Sonhara Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Sonhara

Sonhara is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,193 people in 328 households**, the 60th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,193people (2011)
- 328households
- 72.6%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonhara

Of every 100 households in Sonhara in 2011, 15 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonhara · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****89%**

**83%

Television ****34%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

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

**8%

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 Sonhara?

■ Sonhara · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**912

Working population ****24.3%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 59.4% for women. 45% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 173 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 226 (42%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 110 (21%) · **■** Marginal 21 (4%)

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 Jakhania

- Hurmuj Pur2,267 people
- Salempur Baghai2,240 people
- Chak Farid2,220 people
- Malikpura2,215 people
- Otana2,183 people
- Hathiya Ram2,171 people
- Alawal Pur2,153 people
- Arilla2,127 people

[All 576 villages in Jakhania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/jakhania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonhara?2,193 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonhara in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonhara?72.6% (Census 2011)