# Sonapada Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Sonapada

Sonapada is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **455 people in 91 households**, the 94th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 455people (2011)
- 91households
- 84.9%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonapada

Of every 100 households in Sonapada in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonapada · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**10%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****57%**

**37%

Television ****36%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

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 Sonapada?

■ Sonapada · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**82.8%

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

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**926

Working population ****35.2%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 76.5% for women. 67% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (54%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 57 (36%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Egra - I

- Shimulia Bar505 people
- Usma479 people
- Jamgan466 people
- Ranisai460 people
- Jagannathpur453 people
- Shimulia446 people
- Hatbar433 people
- Baharda429 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonapada?455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonapada in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonapada?84.9% (Census 2011)