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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHIPRA GHOSH
Contact: 90****9175
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- LGD code
- 332625
- Pincode
- 711401
- Post office
- Amta
- Population
- 4,155
- Households
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Sex ratio
- 897 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,519
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonamui compares
By population, Sonamui ranks #5 of 73 villages in Amta - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.1%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Sonamui
- 78.1%
- Amta - I mandal
- 72.1%
- Howrah district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
897
−52 vs mandal average
- Sonamui
- 897
- Amta - I mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Sonamui
- 4.3
- Amta - I mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonamui at a glance
Sonamui is a village of 4,155 people in 959 households (Census 2011) in Amta - I block, Howrah district, West Bengal, the 5th-largest of 73 villages in Amta - I block. Literacy is 78%, 6 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 897 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 711401, served by Amta post office; the LGD village code is 332625. The sarpanch is SHIPRA GHOSH, and the village votes in Udaynarayanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Samir Kumar Panja. The population is estimated at 4,899 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khardah →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonamui · this village | 4,155 | 78% | — |
| Khardaha · Amta - I | 5,535 | 73% | — |
| Kumar Chak · Amta - I | 4,884 | 74% | — |
| Madhyakul · Amta - I | 1,888 | 60% | — |
| Tentuliapara · Amta - I | 1,633 | 68% | — |
| Gobinda Chak · Amta - I | 1,582 | 78% | — |
| Janjali Chak · Amta - I | 1,002 | 68% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonamui
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 6
- Middle school
- 4
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 2
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 183.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonamui
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonamui
- LGD code
- 332625
- Pincode
- 711401
- Post office
- Amta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,155
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,899
- Households
- 959
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 897
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Uluberia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Udaynarayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sajda Ahmed
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Samir Kumar Panja
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHIPRA GHOSH
- Block / Mandal
- Amta - I
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 711401
- JaypurAmta - II mandal9,023 pop
- IslampurJagatballavpur mandal7,813 pop
- TulsiberiaUluberia - II mandal6,729 pop
- NawaparaAmta - II mandal5,815 pop
- KhardahaAmta - I mandal5,535 pop
- JhikhiraAmta - II mandal5,421 pop
- KakrolAmta - II mandal5,258 pop
- ChingrajolaAmta - II mandal4,974 pop
- BaneshwarpurShyampur - I mandal4,928 pop
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- Bhetkepara
- Ranapara
- Chakpota
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- Purash
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- Mato
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)