# Sonari Shanker Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Sonari Shanker

Sonari Shanker is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **471 people in 75 households**, the 414th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 471people (2011)
- 75households
- 72.7%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonari Shanker

Of every 100 households in Sonari Shanker in 2011, 54 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Sonari Shanker · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****49%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**48%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****92%**

**80%

Television ****44%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

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 Sonari Shanker?

■ Sonari Shanker · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**904

Working population ****42.9%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 60.6% for women. 57% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (9%) · **■** Household industry 24 (12%) · **■** Other work 56 (28%) · **■** Marginal 55 (27%)

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 Khajni

- Gowrapar475 people
- Lakhan Khurd473 people
- Baruka Garh472 people
- Nevara Khas472 people
- Ghonasaree468 people
- Chandpar466 people
- Turkawaliya466 people
- Karamdewa Khurd463 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonari Shanker?471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonari Shanker in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonari Shanker?72.7% (Census 2011)