# Sonaojuri Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Sonaojuri

Sonaojuri is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,624 people in 535 households**, the 7th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,624people (2011)
- 535households
- 63.4%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonaojuri

Of every 100 households in Sonaojuri in 2011, 34 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonaojuri · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****92%**

**50%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**21%

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 Sonaojuri?

■ Sonaojuri · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1177**

**937

Working population ****45.8%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 50.2% for women. 56% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 302 (25%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 86 (7%) · **■** Marginal 699 (58%)

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 Kashipur

- Beko3,149 people
- Manihara3,104 people
- Lara2,774 people
- Gagnabad2,628 people
- Barra2,620 people
- Simla2,530 people
- Ranganidi2,520 people
- Kashipur2,369 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonaojuri?2,624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonaojuri in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonaojuri?63.4% (Census 2011)