# Sonkhar Village, Bansi, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansi, Siddharthnagar 

# Sonkhar

Sonkhar is a village in Bansi sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,899 people in 594 households**, the 6th largest of 707 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.5%.

- 3,899people (2011)
- 594households
- 52.5%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonkhar

Of every 100 households in Sonkhar in 2011, 11 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonkhar · ■ Bansi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**90%

Tap water ****32%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****84%**

**79%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**9%

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 Sonkhar?

■ Sonkhar · ■ Bansi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.5%**

**60.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**938

Working population ****41.1%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 37.3% for women. 48% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 432 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 322 (20%) · **■** Household industry 40 (2%) · **■** Other work 79 (5%) · **■** Marginal 728 (45%)

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 Bansi

- Masina Khas4,765 people
- Kallakhor4,297 people
- Belwa Lagunhi4,237 people
- Kurja4,140 people
- Sehri Buzurg3,795 people
- Karja3,634 people
- Pendari Buzurg3,480 people
- Janiajot3,046 people

[All 776 villages in Bansi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/bansi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonkhar?3,899 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkhar in?Siddharthnagar district (Bansi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkhar?52.5% (Census 2011)