# Uttar Sonamul Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttar Sonamul

Uttar Sonamul is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,711 people in 982 households**, the 8th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 4,711people (2011)
- 982households
- 85.4%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Sonamul

Of every 100 households in Uttar Sonamul in 2011, 48 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Uttar Sonamul · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**72%

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

**20%

Tap water ****37%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****27%**

**45%

Television ****24%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**20%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Uttar Sonamul?

■ Uttar Sonamul · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**972

Working population ****38.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 80.9% for women. 56% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (9%) · **■** Household industry 71 (4%) · **■** Other work 716 (39%) · **■** Marginal 826 (45%)

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 Tamluk

- Nilkanthia5,236 people
- Bishnubar4,957 people
- Mirikpur4,865 people
- Purbba Nukha4,766 people
- Barbarya4,692 people
- Harashankar4,379 people
- Harashankar Garkilla3,808 people
- Bhubaneswarpur3,787 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Sonamul?4,711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Sonamul in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Sonamul?85.4% (Census 2011)