# Sonatikri Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Sonatikri

Sonatikri is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,982 people in 2,115 households**, the 10th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 8,982people (2011)
- 2,115households
- 63.9%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonatikri

Of every 100 households in Sonatikri in 2011, 30 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonatikri · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**52%

Tap water ****8%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**64%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****44%**

**29%

Television ****9%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

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 Sonatikri?

■ Sonatikri · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**969

Working population ****31.4%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 63.8% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 842 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,485 (53%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 169 (6%) · **■** Marginal 313 (11%)

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 Nawda

- Chandpur11,880 people
- Raypur11,504 people
- Patikabari11,232 people
- Tungi9,128 people
- Kedarchandpur8,838 people
- Goghata8,627 people
- Mahammadpur7,298 people
- Chandkati7,046 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonatikri?8,982 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonatikri in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonatikri?63.9% (Census 2011)