# Sonakanda Village, Simlapal, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Simlapal, Bankura 

# Sonakanda

Sonakanda is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **512 people in 90 households**, the 107th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 512people (2011)
- 90households
- 79.3%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonakanda

Of every 100 households in Sonakanda in 2011, 73 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sonakanda · ■ Simlapal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**90%

Tap water ****9%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****4%**

**52%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sonakanda?

■ Sonakanda · ■ Simlapal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**960

Working population ****35.2%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 69.5% for women. 55% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 82 (46%)

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 Simlapal

- Bankhola525 people
- Kathjuria523 people
- Hariharpur514 people
- Ekaria Jambani512 people
- Lakshmanpur509 people
- Digpar503 people
- Doldere497 people
- Jatiakanali496 people

[All 202 villages in Simlapal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/simlapal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonakanda?512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonakanda in?Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonakanda?79.3% (Census 2011)