- For the village in Bangladesh, see Sonamukhi, Bangladesh.
Sonamukhi (Bengali: সোনামুখী) is a town and a municipality in Bankura District in the Indian state of West Bengal.
[edit] Geography
Sonamukhi is located at 23°18′N 87°25′E / 23.3°N 87.42°E / 23.3; 87.42.[1] It has an average elevation of 66 metres (216 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Sonamukhi had a population of 27,348. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sonamukhi has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 64%. In Sonamukhi, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Transport
In September 2005, South Eastern Railway threw open passenger services on the 41 km long Bankura-Sonamukhi broad gauge section, being the first phase of the Bankura-Damodar River Railway project. BDR project entails extension from Sonamukhi to Raina (19.8 km) and then on to Masagram, providing direct connectivity to Howrah through Eastern Railway.[3] Work is in progress (in 2007) in the Sonamukhi-Raina section.[4]
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