# Sonamaguri Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Sonamaguri

Sonamaguri is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,328 people in 273 households**, the 56th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,328people (2011)
- 273households
- 69.6%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonamaguri

Of every 100 households in Sonamaguri in 2011, 79 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonamaguri · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**36%

Tap water ****1%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**81%

Use banking services ****41%**

**49%

Television ****29%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**11%

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 Sonamaguri?

■ Sonamaguri · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**952

Working population ****40.0%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 62.5% for women. 63% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (35%) · **■** Household industry 98 (18%) · **■** Other work 128 (24%) · **■** Marginal 48 (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 Jangipara

- Gultia1,415 people
- Kodalipoa1,367 people
- Harirampur1,361 people
- Kamdebpur1,349 people
- Bhandarhati1,318 people
- Bamnagar1,310 people
- Chandrahati1,282 people
- Shib Chak1,252 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonamaguri?1,328 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonamaguri in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonamaguri?69.6% (Census 2011)