# Sonapur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sonapur

Sonapur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,935 people in 445 households**, the 50th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,935people (2011)
- 445households
- 56.8%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonapur

Of every 100 households in Sonapur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonapur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**16%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**32%

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 Sonapur?

■ Sonapur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**955

Working population ****53.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 47.2% for women. 59% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 395 (38%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 186 (18%) · **■** Marginal 225 (22%)

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 Itahar

- Nandangaon2,046 people
- Chhayghara2,001 people
- Porsha1,997 people
- Birnagar1,957 people
- Mahashunda1,891 people
- Behati1,852 people
- Sandia1,828 people
- Chalnia1,822 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonapur?1,935 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sonapur?56.8% (Census 2011)