# Sonahan Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sonahan

Sonahan is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,116 people in 258 households**, the 42nd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,116people (2011)
- 258households
- 65.5%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonahan

Of every 100 households in Sonahan in 2011, 47 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sonahan · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**24%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Sonahan?

■ Sonahan · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1208**

**973

Working population ****35.4%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 60.3% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 136 (34%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (6%) · **■** Marginal 214 (54%)

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 Harirampur

- Maliandighi1,202 people
- Binair1,186 people
- Jagdalla1,129 people
- Kasba1,123 people
- Karanjabari1,113 people
- Khanjapur1,097 people
- Bamandanga1,072 people
- Bishahar1,020 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonahan?1,116 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonahan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonahan?65.5% (Census 2011)