# Sonkhara Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Sonkhara

Sonkhara is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **502 people in 86 households**, the 381st largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 502people (2011)
- 86households
- 77.0%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonkhara

Of every 100 households in Sonkhara in 2011, 40 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonkhara · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****80%**

**73%

Television ****54%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Sonkhara?

■ Sonkhara · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**902

Working population ****28.1%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 62.6% for women. 55% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (73%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 25 (18%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Chunar

- Kanauha510 people
- Dhelwaspur505 people
- Bindpur Khurd502 people
- Partappur502 people
- Moinuddinpur501 people
- Semara Mu. Khaira496 people
- Muzahidpur483 people
- Deonathpur472 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonkhara?502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkhara in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkhara?77.0% (Census 2011)