Sonakene, Habra - I

Sonakene is a village located in the Habra - I Subdivision of 24 Paraganas North district of West Bengal. The village falls in Habra-I block and comes under Kumra Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Barasat parliament constituency and Habra assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Sonakene is 7.6 thousands out of which 4 thousands are males and rest 3.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 915 females per 1000 males. There are around 769 teenagers in Sonakene. It has literacy rate of 68% which means around 5.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 890 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.8 thousands households in Sonakene, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 2.8 thousands. The pincode of Sonakene is 743271 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Hijalpukuria Sub Post office
• Kumra Kashipur Branch Post office
• Sonakenia Branch Post office

Schools

Sonakene has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Dakshin Nangla K. U. Institution (High School)
• Dakshin Nangla Balika Vidyalaya (High School)
• Purbanchal High School (High School)
• Nabapalli Vidyabithi High School (High School)
• Ashutosh Colony F P School

Hospitals

Sonakene has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Sonakenia Sub-Center
• Kumra Sub-Center
• Mahisha Sub-Center
• Habra Nursing Home
• Kashipur Sub-Center

Banks

Sonakene has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• IndusInd Bank Habra
• State Bank of India Hijalpukuria