# Sonahara Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Sonahara

Sonahara is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **252 people in 51 households**, the 105th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 252people (2011)
- 51households
- 38.5%literacy
- 1,154females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonahara

Of every 100 households in Sonahara in 2011, 43 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonahara · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****100%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**27%

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 Sonahara?

■ Sonahara · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.5%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1154**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**951

Working population ****59.9%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.4% for men and 29.2% for women. 61% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 44 (29%) · **■** Other work 6 (4%) · **■** Marginal 101 (67%)

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 Bagmundi

- Ramdi288 people
- Munibera282 people
- Digardi278 people
- Tikartanr275 people
- Dulmi245 people
- Kanrda244 people
- Bhitpani240 people
- Kuchrirakha237 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonahara?252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonahara in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonahara?38.5% (Census 2011)