Sonkair, Balurghat
Sonkair is a village located in the Balurghat Subdivision of Dinajpur Dakshin district of West Bengal. The village falls in Balurghat block and comes under Danga Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Balurghat parliament constituency and Tapan assembly constituency.
As on November 2024, the current population of Sonkair is 606 out of which 319 are males and rest 287 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 900 females per 1000 males. There are around 58 teenagers in Sonkair. It has literacy rate of 61% which means around 372 persons can read and write. Total 35 people belonging to scheduled caste and 213 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 158 households in Sonkair, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 278. The pincode of Sonkair is 733103 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- District School Board SO South Dinajpur
- Beltala Park Sub Post office
- BaraRaghunathpur Sub Post office
- Amrail Branch Post office
- Bijoyshree Branch Post office
Schools
Sonkair has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Ashutosh Balika Vidyapith (G)
- Techno India Group Public School
- Nalanda Vidyapith High School
- Malancha Z.M.R.M. High School
- St. Peter's School, Mahinagar
Hospitals
Sonkair has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.