# Sona Diar Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Sona Diar

Sona Diar is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **422 people in 98 households**, the 113th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 422people (2011)
- 98households
- 72.5%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sona Diar

Of every 100 households in Sona Diar in 2011, 13 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sona Diar · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**55%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**52%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****75%**

**33%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Sona Diar?

■ Sona Diar · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**972

Working population ****32.2%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 64.6% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (79%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Berhampore

- Char Sujapur512 people
- Gangaprasad498 people
- Sadipur477 people
- Math Binkar426 people
- Panch Baria374 people
- Nutangram367 people
- Chak Dangapara296 people
- Muli285 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sona Diar?422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sona Diar in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sona Diar?72.5% (Census 2011)