# Sonthsal Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Sonthsal

Sonthsal is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,687 people in 900 households**, the 3rd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 4,687people (2011)
- 900households
- 73.3%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonthsal

Of every 100 households in Sonthsal in 2011, 72 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonthsal · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**84%

Tap water ****18%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****31%**

**34%

Television ****40%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Sonthsal?

■ Sonthsal · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**983

Working population ****27.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 68.7% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 1,088 (83%) · **■** Marginal 122 (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 Mohammad Bazar

- Dighalgram6,284 people
- Hatgachha5,557 people
- Haridaspur4,494 people
- Baluti4,304 people
- Angar Garia4,232 people
- Rautara3,278 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonthsal?4,687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonthsal in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonthsal?73.3% (Census 2011)