Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Sonagachhi

Sonagachhi is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 604 people in 144 households, the 116th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 604 people (2011)
- 144 households
- 90.4% literacy
- 917 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonagachhi

Of every 100 households in Sonagachhi in 2011, 24 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonagachhi · ■ Baruipur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 24% 55%
- Toilet within the home 88% 61%
- No toilet (open defecation) 12% 35%
- Tap water 0% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 14%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 85%
- Use banking services 27% 39%
- Television 11% 32%
- Mobile phone 10% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 1% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 60% 29%
- Own their home 100% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sonagachhi?

■ Sonagachhi · ■ Baruipur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 90.4% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 917 954
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 645 954
- Working population 34.4% 35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 83.6% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 3 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 6 (3%) · ■ Household industry 4 (2%) · ■ Other work 15 (7%) · ■ Marginal 180 (87%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Baruipur
- Bolbamni 709 people
- Phuldubi 703 people
- San Pukuria 696 people
- Bhurkul 654 people
- Kharam Para 513 people
- Dandapur 497 people
- Khanpur 405 people
- Auliapur 386 people

All 126 villages in Baruipur

## Other places named Sonagachhi
- Sonagachhi · Village, Manteswar, Barddhaman · 814 people
- Sonagachhi · Village, Udaynarayanpur, Haora · 641 people
- Sonagachhi · Village, Arambag, Hugli · 352 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sonagachhi? 604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonagachhi in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonagachhi? 90.4% (Census 2011)

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