Sonakania, Dantan - I

Sonakania is a village located in the Dantan - I Subdivision of Medinipur West district of West Bengal. The village falls in Dantan-I block and comes under Angua Gram Panchayat.

As on December 2024, the current population of Sonakania is 2 thousands out of which 1 thousands are males and rest 1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 988 females per 1000 males. There are around 228 teenagers in Sonakania. It has literacy rate of 67% which means around 1.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 103 people belonging to scheduled caste and 241 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 437 households in Sonakania, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 679. The pincode of Sonakania is 721426 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Dantan Sub Post office
• Kotepada Branch Post office
• Lalitapur Branch Post office
• Paragana Branch Post office
• Bamanda Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Sorrong Madhusudan Vidyapith High School Upry.
• Dantan High School(High School) U. Primary
• Dantan Bhagabat Charan High School Upry.
• Datan B. G. H.School U. Primary
• Kotepada High School (High School)

Hospitals

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

• Bhabanipur Sub-Center
• Kontai Sub-Center
• Kuhura Sub-Center
• Panitunia Sub-Center
• Krishnapur Sub-Center

Banks

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

• State Bank of India Dantan
• The West Bengal State Cooperative Bank Dantan