# Sonta Village, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shamli, Muzaffarnagar 

# Sonta

Sonta is a village in Shamli sub-district of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,487 people in 473 households**, the 65th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 2,487people (2011)
- 473households
- 77.8%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonta

Of every 100 households in Sonta in 2011, 63 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Sonta · ■ Shamli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**42%

Tap water ****33%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**90%

Use banking services ****81%**

**68%

Television ****61%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**4%

None of these assets ****12%**

**12%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Sonta?

■ Sonta · ■ Shamli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**874

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**836

Working population ****30.8%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 67.0% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 390 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 129 (17%) · **■** Marginal 37 (5%)

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 Shamli

- Dakhori Jamalpur2,576 people
- Kabraut2,575 people
- Chunasa2,498 people
- Palekha2,498 people
- Jafarpur2,391 people
- Hasanpur2,378 people
- Khanpur2,378 people
- Kutub Garh2,374 people

[All 135 villages in Shamli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/shamli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonta?2,487 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonta in?Muzaffarnagar district (Shamli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonta?77.8% (Census 2011)