# Sonwal Village, Padrauna, Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Padrauna, Kushinagar 

# Sonwal

Sonwal is a village in Padrauna sub-district of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,360 people in 589 households**, the 62nd largest of 519 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 4,360people (2011)
- 589households
- 66.4%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonwal

Of every 100 households in Sonwal in 2011, 6 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonwal · ■ Padrauna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**18%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****23%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****94%**

**83%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**10%

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 Sonwal?

■ Sonwal · ■ Padrauna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**926

Working population ****29.2%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 54.0% for women. 47% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (12%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 238 (19%) · **■** Marginal 746 (59%)

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 Padrauna

- Lakhua Khurd4,549 people
- Kanthi Chhapra4,472 people
- Kotwa Kalan4,438 people
- Gonhi Jungal4,429 people
- Garhia Basantpur4,334 people
- Ahirauli4,161 people
- Sarya4,133 people
- Madanpur Sukrauli4,126 people

[All 558 villages in Padrauna](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kushinagar/padrauna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonwal?4,360 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonwal in?Kushinagar district (Padrauna sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonwal?66.4% (Census 2011)