# Sonbarasa Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Sonbarasa

Sonbarasa is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,119 people in 167 households**, the 155th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 1,119people (2011)
- 167households
- 63.5%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonbarasa

Of every 100 households in Sonbarasa in 2011, 4 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sonbarasa · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**91%

Use banking services ****73%**

**80%

Television ****19%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sonbarasa?

■ Sonbarasa · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**904

Working population ****71.0%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 44.9% for women. 72% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 84 (11%) · **■** Marginal 450 (57%)

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

- Nargara Janga Singh1,133 people
- Ratsahi1,133 people
- Kewatale1,131 people
- Dewdar Tula1,123 people
- Jigana Baboo1,117 people
- Darva1,113 people
- Parsauni1,113 people
- Kairadeeh1,111 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonbarasa?1,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonbarasa in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonbarasa?63.5% (Census 2011)