# Sonadanga Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Sonadanga

Sonadanga is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,409 people in 586 households**, the 59th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 2,409people (2011)
- 586households
- 56.1%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonadanga

Of every 100 households in Sonadanga in 2011, 2 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonadanga · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**42%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**63%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**23%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**39%

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 Sonadanga?

■ Sonadanga · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.1%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1145**

**968

Working population ****34.5%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.9% for men and 48.8% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 234 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 474 (57%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (8%) · **■** Marginal 49 (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 Nakashipara

- Jagannathpur2,664 people
- Raghunathpur2,598 people
- Dahakula2,478 people
- Bhabanipur2,438 people
- Gopalpur2,400 people
- Malumgachha2,358 people
- Sali2,349 people
- Goalchandpur2,277 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonadanga?2,409 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonadanga in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonadanga?56.1% (Census 2011)