# Bahir Sonakhali Village, Haringhata, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Haringhata, Nadia 

# Bahir Sonakhali

Bahir Sonakhali is a village in Haringhata sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,152 people in 264 households**, the 65th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,152people (2011)
- 264households
- 86.6%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahir Sonakhali

Of every 100 households in Bahir Sonakhali in 2011, 38 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahir Sonakhali · ■ Haringhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**12%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**67%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****40%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bahir Sonakhali?

■ Bahir Sonakhali · ■ Haringhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**960

Working population ****32.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 80.8% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (47%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (25%) · **■** Marginal 10 (3%)

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 Haringhata

- Paschim Satbaria1,215 people
- Thansara1,182 people
- Hazra Pota1,166 people
- Purba Satbaria1,159 people
- Baliadanga1,066 people
- Bhandarkona1,061 people
- Malpara1,050 people
- Simul Pukharia961 people

[All 83 villages in Haringhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/haringhata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahir Sonakhali?1,152 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahir Sonakhali in?Nadia district (Haringhata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahir Sonakhali?86.6% (Census 2011)