# Sonpur Kalan Village, Bhinga, Shrawasti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bhinga, Shrawasti 

# Sonpur Kalan

Sonpur Kalan is a village in Bhinga sub-district of Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,985 people in 343 households**, the 138th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 42.8%.

- 1,985people (2011)
- 343households
- 43.8%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonpur Kalan

Of every 100 households in Sonpur Kalan in 2011, 2 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonpur Kalan · ■ Bhinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**87%

Tap water ****8%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**51%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****99%**

**68%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**15%

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 Kalan?

■ Sonpur Kalan · ■ Bhinga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.8%**

**42.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**935

Working population ****32.0%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 28.1% for women. 46% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 240 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (29%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (5%) · **■** Marginal 171 (27%)

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 Bhinga

- Madrahva2,038 people
- Ahlad Nagar2,016 people
- Pipri2,007 people
- Bankatwa Kalan2,002 people
- Amarahwa1,974 people
- Gauspur1,958 people
- Kokal1,942 people
- Tilakpur1,921 people

[All 310 villages in Bhinga](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shrawasti/bhinga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonpur Kalan?1,985 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpur Kalan in?Shrawasti district (Bhinga sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpur Kalan?43.8% (Census 2011)