# Sonabanda Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sonabanda

Sonabanda is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,098 people in 268 households**, the 52nd largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,098people (2011)
- 268households
- 66.8%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonabanda

Of every 100 households in Sonabanda in 2011, 21 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonabanda · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**16%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**27%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Sonabanda?

■ Sonabanda · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**955

Working population ****34.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 60.6% for women. 52% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (27%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 193 (51%) · **■** Marginal 69 (18%)

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 Hemtabad

- Patair1,132 people
- Bamra1,114 people
- Birgram1,108 people
- Bidisoil1,103 people
- Dehuchi1,087 people
- Krishnapur1,071 people
- Dakshin Kotagaon1,037 people
- Atrai1,004 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonabanda?1,098 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonabanda in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonabanda?66.8% (Census 2011)