# Sonamui Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Sonamui

Sonamui is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,284 people in 700 households**, the 5th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 3,284people (2011)
- 700households
- 68.7%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonamui

Of every 100 households in Sonamui in 2011, 38 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonamui · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**56%

Use banking services ****63%**

**58%

Television ****24%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Sonamui?

■ Sonamui · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**924

Working population ****37.8%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 60.6% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 215 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 347 (28%) · **■** Household industry 28 (2%) · **■** Other work 250 (20%) · **■** Marginal 402 (32%)

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 Bankura - II

- Syamdaspur4,714 people
- Sanbanda3,971 people
- Bikna3,876 people
- Junbede3,493 people
- Narra3,266 people
- Kanchanpur3,206 people
- Salbani2,975 people
- Asna2,847 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonamui?3,284 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonamui in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonamui?68.7% (Census 2011)