# 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 **727 people in 99 households**, the 311th largest of 707 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.5%.

- 727people (2011)
- 99households
- 66.7%literacy
- 1,107females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonkhar

Of every 100 households in Sonkhar in 2011, 39 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 46 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonkhar · ■ Bansi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**16%

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

**8%

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

**90%

Tap water ****9%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****94%**

**79%

Television ****69%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****16%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****46%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**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+) ****66.7%**

**60.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1107**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**938

Working population ****29.6%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 57.7% for women. 46% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (12%) · **■** Marginal 184 (86%)

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

- Riwana735 people
- Tekapar734 people
- Bagahatal728 people
- Tilaula728 people
- Kharchaula Nankar726 people
- Ausangara725 people
- Bhagautapur721 people
- Marcha718 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonkhar?727 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkhar in?Siddharthnagar district (Bansi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkhar?66.7% (Census 2011)