# Sonpur Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Sonpur

Sonpur is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,282 people in 405 households**, the 70th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 2,282people (2011)
- 405households
- 65.6%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonpur

Of every 100 households in Sonpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****71%**

**73%

Television ****28%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

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 Sonpur?

■ Sonpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**902

Working population ****31.2%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 55.8% for women. 46% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 92 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (13%) · **■** Household industry 25 (4%) · **■** Other work 231 (32%) · **■** Marginal 273 (38%)

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

- Dikshitpur2,338 people
- Dhuria2,320 people
- Sahjani Kalan Khurd2,306 people
- Bairampur2,300 people
- Ghasipur2,274 people
- Golhanpur2,272 people
- Sakraudi2,254 people
- Khajuraul2,251 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonpur?2,282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpur in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpur?65.6% (Census 2011)