# Sonbarsa Bujurg Village, Chauri Chaura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Sonbarsa Bujurg

Sonbarsa Bujurg is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,297 people in 364 households**, the 58th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,297people (2011)
- 364households
- 70.2%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonbarsa Bujurg

Of every 100 households in Sonbarsa Bujurg in 2011, 18 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonbarsa Bujurg · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**30%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****8%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**92%

Use banking services ****62%**

**78%

Television ****18%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Sonbarsa Bujurg?

■ Sonbarsa Bujurg · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**914

Working population ****32.4%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 56.6% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (7%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 119 (16%) · **■** Marginal 461 (62%)

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 Chauri Chaura

- Telhnapar2,354 people
- Pokhar Bhinda2,336 people
- Sihorwa2,322 people
- Harpur2,320 people
- Semrauni2,292 people
- Belwa2,262 people
- Mahuwar Kol2,208 people
- Sonbarsa Khurd2,190 people

[All 216 villages in Chauri Chaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/chauri-chaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonbarsa Bujurg?2,297 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonbarsa Bujurg in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonbarsa Bujurg?70.2% (Census 2011)