# Sonapur Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Sonapur

Sonapur is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **438 people in 110 households**, the 205th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 438people (2011)
- 110households
- 56.3%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonapur

Of every 100 households in Sonapur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonapur · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**33%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sonapur?

■ Sonapur · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**62.1%

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

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**979

Working population ****32.6%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.6% for men and 49.7% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (17%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (8%) · **■** Marginal 69 (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 Gazole

- Bajegarail446 people
- Radhanagar445 people
- Chandipur443 people
- Basudha439 people
- Jotmani433 people
- Bansbari429 people
- Barabari427 people
- Chengtor421 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonapur?438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonapur in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonapur?56.3% (Census 2011)