# Sonchar Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Sonchar

Sonchar is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **319 people in 53 households**, the 241st largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 319people (2011)
- 53households
- 62.1%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonchar

Of every 100 households in Sonchar in 2011, 2 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonchar · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**54%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****98%**

**83%

Television ****24%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

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

**8%

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 Sonchar?

■ Sonchar · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**902

Working population ****43.3%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 49.3% for women. 43% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (4%) · **■** Marginal 5 (4%)

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

- Baluwa Manjhria340 people
- Khad Potahara336 people
- Sihawro332 people
- Domandand325 people
- Bishunpur310 people
- Gopalpur302 people
- Mahui283 people
- Bisunpur270 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonchar?319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonchar in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonchar?62.1% (Census 2011)