# Sonak Pura Village, Garautha, Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Garautha, Jhansi 

# Sonak Pura

Sonak Pura is a village in Garautha sub-district of Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,553 people in 454 households**, the 15th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 2,553people (2011)
- 454households
- 66.3%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonak Pura

Of every 100 households in Sonak Pura in 2011, 9 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Sonak Pura · ■ Garautha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**19%

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

**20%

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

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****48%**

**78%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**14%

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 Sonak Pura?

■ Sonak Pura · ■ Garautha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**863

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****713**

**856

Working population ****53.0%**

**48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 50.2% for women. 53% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 331 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (8%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (3%) · **■** Marginal 861 (64%)

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 Garautha

- Siya2,825 people
- Simardha2,797 people
- Parsuwa2,711 people
- Kuretha2,681 people
- Durkhuroo2,497 people
- Gonti2,483 people
- Garhwai2,376 people
- Kairokhar2,342 people

[All 153 villages in Garautha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/garautha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonak Pura?2,553 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonak Pura in?Jhansi district (Garautha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonak Pura?66.3% (Census 2011)