# Sonathol Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Sonathol

Sonathol is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,586 people in 355 households**, the 28th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,586people (2011)
- 355households
- 74.9%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonathol

Of every 100 households in Sonathol in 2011, 50 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonathol · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**84%

Use banking services ****79%**

**50%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sonathol?

■ Sonathol · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**937

Working population ****39.7%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 64.5% for women. 52% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 149 (24%) · **■** Marginal 360 (57%)

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

- Pabra Pahari1,752 people
- Damankiari1,680 people
- Lalpur Alias Jorthol1,654 people
- Kalapathar1,649 people
- Chakalta1,538 people
- Jekro Alias Panchagora1,534 people
- Rajra1,532 people
- Seja1,531 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonathol?1,586 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonathol in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonathol?74.9% (Census 2011)