# Sonkair Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sonkair

Sonkair is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **554 people in 144 households**, the 143rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 554people (2011)
- 144households
- 68.5%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonkair

Of every 100 households in Sonkair in 2011, 70 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonkair · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****22%**

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**41%

Television ****40%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sonkair?

■ Sonkair · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1231**

**965

Working population ****45.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 60.2% for women. 64% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 158 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (25%) · **■** Other work 31 (12%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Balurghat

- Sanapara564 people
- Chak Farid560 people
- Bangalipur559 people
- Talmandira555 people
- Majatpur553 people
- Baidyapur551 people
- Rahatail550 people
- Ramprosad542 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonkair?554 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonkair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonkair?68.5% (Census 2011)