# Sonwar Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Sonwar

Sonwar is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,031 people in 314 households**, the 159th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 2,031people (2011)
- 314households
- 55.7%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonwar

Of every 100 households in Sonwar in 2011, 8 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonwar · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**53%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****40%**

**74%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**11%

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 Sonwar?

■ Sonwar · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.7%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**922

Working population ****34.6%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.2% for men and 42.6% for women. 53% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 234 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (14%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 172 (24%) · **■** Marginal 196 (28%)

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 Colonelganj

- Nakahara2,094 people
- Rampur Phakir2,092 people
- Bataura Bakhtawar Singh2,057 people
- Madhopur2,048 people
- Kutubapur1,994 people
- Chhataura1,991 people
- Nakaha1,990 people
- Dubai1,969 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonwar?2,031 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonwar in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonwar?55.7% (Census 2011)