# Sona Dwipa Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Sona Dwipa

Sona Dwipa is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,288 people in 255 households**, the 43rd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,288people (2011)
- 255households
- 64.5%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sona Dwipa

Of every 100 households in Sona Dwipa in 2011, 10 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sona Dwipa · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**35%

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

**1%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****91%**

**53%

Television ****2%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

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 Sona Dwipa?

■ Sona Dwipa · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**948

Working population ****49.4%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 57.6% for women. 60% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 131 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 327 (51%) · **■** Household industry 26 (4%) · **■** Other work 95 (15%) · **■** Marginal 57 (9%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Purba Nandarampur1,376 people
- Pathara1,356 people
- Naruala1,338 people
- Bhaluk Khan1,322 people
- Rupat Ganj1,266 people
- Baruibera1,239 people
- Ulai1,237 people
- Alampur1,225 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sona Dwipa?1,288 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sona Dwipa in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sona Dwipa?64.5% (Census 2011)