# Sonagar Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sonagar

Sonagar is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,391 people in 817 households**, the 39th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,391people (2011)
- 817households
- 77.6%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonagar

Of every 100 households in Sonagar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonagar · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**23%

Tap water ****47%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****50%**

**35%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****72%**

**51%

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 Sonagar?

■ Sonagar · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**981

Working population ****57.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 71.4% for women. 65% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (1%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 105 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1,775 (91%)

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 Gosaba

- Uttar Danga3,673 people
- Rangabalia3,620 people
- Palpur3,507 people
- Bagbagan3,467 people
- Battali3,369 people
- Tentultala3,280 people
- Ramnagarar3,202 people
- Sambhunagar2,886 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonagar?3,391 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonagar?77.6% (Census 2011)