# Sonbarsa Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Sonbarsa

Sonbarsa is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,557 people in 216 households**, the 79th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,557people (2011)
- 216households
- 51.8%literacy
- 1,060females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonbarsa

Of every 100 households in Sonbarsa in 2011, 41 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonbarsa · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****93%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**54%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****84%**

**83%

Television ****30%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**8%

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 Sonbarsa?

■ Sonbarsa · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1060**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**902

Working population ****41.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 37.7% for women. 42% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 8 (1%) · **■** Marginal 639 (98%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Barouli1,633 people
- Kodri Kala1,606 people
- Mahuadar1,573 people
- Urwalia1,559 people
- Niwarhar Khas1,549 people
- Raghunathpur1,529 people
- Rampur Garthauli1,502 people
- Sehri1,494 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonbarsa?1,557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonbarsa in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonbarsa?51.8% (Census 2011)