# Sonpur Village, Swarupnagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Swarupnagar, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sonpur

Sonpur is a village in Swarupnagar sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **822 people in 183 households**, the 62nd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 822people (2011)
- 183households
- 60.0%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonpur

Of every 100 households in Sonpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonpur · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**25%

Tap water ****1%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**24%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**24%

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 Sonpur?

■ Sonpur · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**956

Working population ****37.2%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 50.3% for women. 61% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (22%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (7%) · **■** Marginal 73 (24%)

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 Swarupnagar

- Bagghata1,052 people
- Saiyadkati1,020 people
- Maminpur946 people
- Arshikri903 people
- Sarparajpurgabarda777 people
- Srinathpur751 people
- Laskarpota542 people

[All 65 villages in Swarupnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/swarupnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonpur?822 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Swarupnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonpur?60.0% (Census 2011)