# Sonapetya, Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur – Population

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Sonapetya

Sonapetya is a village in [Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,452 people in 332 households**, the 54th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,452people (2011)
- 332households
- 90.2%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonapetya

Of every 100 households in Sonapetya in 2011, 83 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonapetya · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**21%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****70%**

**38%

Television ****27%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sonapetya?

■ Sonapetya · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.2%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**955

Working population ****42.1%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 85.8% for women. 64% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (11%) · **■** Household industry 34 (6%) · **■** Other work 293 (48%) · **■** Marginal 170 (28%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Jashomantapur1,541 people
- Ichha Bari1,489 people
- Harasankar Ranichak1,480 people
- Naya Basan1,473 people
- Chandramer1,445 people
- Barhara Shankar1,444 people
- Patanda1,398 people
- Ranichak1,394 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonapetya?1,452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonapetya in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonapetya?90.2% (Census 2011)