# Sondhapukur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sondhapukur

Sondhapukur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **483 people in 109 households**, the 173rd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 483people (2011)
- 109households
- 53.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sondhapukur

Of every 100 households in Sondhapukur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sondhapukur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****11%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Sondhapukur?

■ Sondhapukur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**954

Working population ****57.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.1% for men and 47.0% for women. 62% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 98 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (15%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 133 (48%)

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 Tapan

- Chak Madhusudan497 people
- Bharila495 people
- Chak Satihar488 people
- Shaldanga485 people
- Dudhiakuri481 people
- Mahukuri479 people
- Mehur469 people
- Rajapur468 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sondhapukur?483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sondhapukur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sondhapukur?53.6% (Census 2011)