Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj
# Sonabarasa

Sonabarasa is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,764 people in 281 households, the 278th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.
- 1,764 people (2011)
- 281 households
- 66.3% literacy
- 930 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonabarasa

Of every 100 households in Sonabarasa in 2011, 3 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonabarasa · ■ Maharajganj rural average
- Electricity for lighting 3% 19%
- Toilet within the home 42% 19%
- No toilet (open defecation) 58% 80%
- Tap water 25% 42%
- Drinking water within premises 16% 46%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 96%
- Use banking services 98% 84%
- Television 14% 20%
- Mobile phone 80% 69%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 12% 14%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 7% 8%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sonabarasa?

■ Sonabarasa · ■ Maharajganj rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 66.3% 64.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 930 952
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 809 928
- Working population 32.1% 39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 54.7% for women. 50% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 371 (65%) · ■ Farm labourers 50 (9%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 88 (16%) · ■ Marginal 57 (10%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Maharajganj
- Uska 1,782 people
- Kotawa 1,781 people
- Allahabad 1,779 people
- Malmalia Urf Sirsia 1,777 people
- Beilia 1,760 people
- Murila Chaudhari 1,756 people
- Sawana 1,746 people
- Sohanpur Urf Sonkatia 1,740 people

All 449 villages in Maharajganj

## Other places named Sonabarasa
- Sonabarasa · Village, Naugarh, Siddharthnagar · 529 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sonabarasa? 1,764 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonabarasa in? Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonabarasa? 66.3% (Census 2011)

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