# Sonkhari Village, Gyanpur, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gyanpur, Sant Ravidas Nagar 

# Sonkhari

Sonkhari is a village in Gyanpur sub-district of Sant Ravidas Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,778 people in 227 households**, the 99th largest of 385 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,778people (2011)
- 227households
- 72.3%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonkhari

Of every 100 households in Sonkhari in 2011, 44 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sonkhari · ■ Gyanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**87%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**94%

Use banking services ****73%**

**75%

Television ****44%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

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

**9%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Sonkhari?

■ Sonkhari · ■ Gyanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**892

Working population ****27.6%**

**29.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 58.2% for women. 45% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (3%) · **■** Household industry 20 (4%) · **■** Other work 336 (69%) · **■** Marginal 83 (17%)

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 Gyanpur

- Chak Sundar1,819 people
- Bhabhauri Uparwar1,812 people
- Kusauli1,809 people
- Purwa Uparwar1,796 people
- Bhusaula1,770 people
- Pilkhuna1,754 people
- Vaida Khas1,743 people
- Sagarpur1,741 people

[All 454 villages in Gyanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-ravidas-nagar/gyanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonkhari?1,778 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkhari in?Sant Ravidas Nagar district (Gyanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkhari?72.3% (Census 2011)