# Sonamui Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Sonamui

Sonamui is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **289 people in 51 households**, the 226th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 289people (2011)
- 51households
- 60.7%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonamui

Of every 100 households in Sonamui in 2011, 70 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonamui · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****100%**

**34%

Television ****74%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Sonamui?

■ Sonamui · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****286**

**979

Working population ****61.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 57.0% for women. 65% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 90 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 67 (38%) · **■** Marginal 20 (11%)

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 Jhargram

- Barachuya Suli292 people
- Kusumghati292 people
- Jamindardaya291 people
- Kharikasuli290 people
- Bara Shuli288 people
- Baria287 people
- Chhota Ektal287 people
- Shukjora287 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonamui?289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonamui in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonamui?60.7% (Census 2011)