# Sonpurwa Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Sonpurwa

Sonpurwa is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,162 people in 157 households**, the 191st largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 1,162people (2011)
- 157households
- 66.4%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonpurwa

Of every 100 households in Sonpurwa in 2011, 10 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sonpurwa · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**34%

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

**19%

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

**79%

Tap water ****24%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****92%**

**82%

Television ****44%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**19%

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

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Sonpurwa?

■ Sonpurwa · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**899

Working population ****32.1%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 51.3% for women. 45% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 45 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (23%) · **■** Other work 26 (7%) · **■** Marginal 218 (58%)

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 Pindra

- Raisi Patti1,186 people
- Gokulpur1,182 people
- Anura1,178 people
- Mohanpur1,171 people
- Koilipur Khurd1,161 people
- Bhanpur1,153 people
- Aharak1,152 people
- Godiya1,147 people

[All 431 villages in Pindra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/pindra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonpurwa?1,162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpurwa in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpurwa?66.4% (Census 2011)