# Sonatikri Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sonatikri

Sonatikri is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **469 people in 129 households**, the 98th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 469people (2011)
- 129households
- 93.0%literacy
- 832females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonatikri

Of every 100 households in Sonatikri in 2011, 34 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonatikri · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**46%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****35%**

**47%

Television ****18%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.0%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****832**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1235**

**965

Working population ****39.0%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 89.6% for women. 64% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 39 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (45%) · **■** Household industry 7 (4%) · **■** Other work 35 (19%) · **■** Marginal 19 (10%)

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 Gaighata

- Kaipukharia755 people
- Harpara732 people
- Faridkati584 people
- Raghunandanpur486 people
- Chakjhaudanga412 people
- Byasati325 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonatikri?469 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonatikri in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonatikri?93.0% (Census 2011)