# Sonachura Jalpai Village, Nandigram - I – Population

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Sonachura Jalpai

Sonachura Jalpai is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,382 people in 288 households**, the 49th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 1,382people (2011)
- 288households
- 86.3%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonachura Jalpai

Of every 100 households in Sonachura Jalpai in 2011, 20 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonachura Jalpai · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****64%**

**31%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Sonachura Jalpai?

■ Sonachura Jalpai · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**922

Working population ****28.6%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 81.1% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (20%) · **■** Marginal 128 (32%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Dijamtalya1,660 people
- Kanango Chak1,603 people
- Saudikhali Jalpai1,516 people
- Maheshpur1,514 people
- Manu Chak1,373 people
- Charkende Mari1,370 people
- Chhayghari1,263 people
- Shyam Sundari Chak1,244 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonachura Jalpai?1,382 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonachura Jalpai in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonachura Jalpai?86.3% (Census 2011)