# Sonadanga Village, Amdanga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sonadanga

Sonadanga is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,081 people in 675 households**, the 18th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 3,081people (2011)
- 675households
- 74.5%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonadanga

Of every 100 households in Sonadanga in 2011, 52 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonadanga · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**18%

Tap water ****4%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****51%**

**50%

Television ****16%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****28%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sonadanga?

■ Sonadanga · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**969

Working population ****46.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 70.4% for women. 64% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 147 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 431 (30%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 548 (38%) · **■** Marginal 301 (21%)

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 Amdanga

- Hisabi3,349 people
- Bargachhia3,287 people
- Tentulia3,139 people
- Maricha3,125 people
- Harpara2,960 people
- Kamdebpur2,906 people
- Kanchiara2,884 people
- Madhabpur2,834 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonadanga?3,081 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonadanga in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonadanga?74.5% (Census 2011)