# Sonwal Village, Zamania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Zamania, Ghazipur 

# Sonwal

Sonwal is a village in Zamania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,007 people in 816 households**, the 27th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.8%.

- 6,007people (2011)
- 816households
- 73.3%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonwal

Of every 100 households in Sonwal in 2011, 24 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonwal · ■ Zamania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**68%

Tap water ****6%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****49%**

**69%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

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 Sonwal?

■ Sonwal · ■ Zamania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**72.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**908

Working population ****23.2%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 60.0% for women. 38% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 270 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 292 (21%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 505 (36%) · **■** Marginal 322 (23%)

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 Zamania

- Tajpur Majha6,431 people
- Khizirpur Ali Nagar6,390 people
- Karahia Khas6,249 people
- Dadni Bhanmal Rai6,008 people
- Nagsar Newajurai5,889 people
- Bahadurpur Ta. Chau. Ajmal5,743 people
- Patkania5,575 people
- Dadni Ranber Rai5,545 people

[All 386 villages in Zamania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/zamania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonwal?6,007 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonwal in?Ghazipur district (Zamania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonwal?73.3% (Census 2011)