# Shonamui Village, Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Shonamui

Shonamui is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **736 people in 155 households**, the 70th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 736people (2011)
- 155households
- 94.6%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shonamui

Of every 100 households in Shonamui in 2011, 66 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shonamui · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**46%

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

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****68%**

**45%

Television ****35%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shonamui?

■ Shonamui · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.6%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**981

Working population ****52.7%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 91.7% for women. 60% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (22%) · **■** Household industry 19 (5%) · **■** Other work 37 (10%) · **■** Marginal 104 (27%)

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 Ramnagar - II

- Raghunathpur836 people
- Tatkapur811 people
- Lachhandrapur793 people
- Phulbari738 people
- Kasafaltalya731 people
- Sherpur730 people
- Ramchandra Nagar716 people
- Sona Muhi712 people

[All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shonamui?736 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shonamui in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shonamui?94.6% (Census 2011)