# Soul Ponamara Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/soul-ponamara/

Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Soul Ponamara

Soul Ponamara is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 70 households**, the 83rd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 313people (2011)
- 70households
- 42.0%literacy
- 1,087females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Soul Ponamara

Of every 100 households in Soul Ponamara in 2011, 24 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Soul Ponamara · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****100%**

**50%

Television ****0%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****87%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Soul Ponamara?

■ Soul Ponamara · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.0%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1087**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1267**

**969

Working population ****58.8%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.2% for men and 30.4% for women. 61% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 127 (69%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 56 (30%)

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 Hirbandh

- Banagarya346 people
- Jhapandihi337 people
- Kadamkarali315 people
- Maiti Bandh314 people
- Patasimul281 people
- Uparhir279 people
- Chakadoba258 people
- Khayer Kundi257 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Soul Ponamara?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Soul Ponamara in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Soul Ponamara?42.0% (Census 2011)