# Sonakhali Village, Haringhata, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Haringhata, Nadia 

# Sonakhali

Sonakhali is a village in Haringhata sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,528 people in 551 households**, the 30th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 2,528people (2011)
- 551households
- 75.4%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonakhali

Of every 100 households in Sonakhali in 2011, 41 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sonakhali · ■ Haringhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**12%

Tap water ****69%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****44%**

**43%

Television ****23%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sonakhali?

■ Sonakhali · ■ Haringhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**960

Working population ****33.1%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 69.3% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 444 (53%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 197 (24%) · **■** Marginal 54 (6%)

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

- Behara2,672 people
- Kurambelia2,616 people
- Uttar Rajapur2,586 people
- Baikara2,530 people
- Hapania2,494 people
- Panpur2,416 people
- Rustam Nagar2,389 people
- Jaguli2,352 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonakhali?2,528 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonakhali in?Nadia district (Haringhata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonakhali?75.4% (Census 2011)