Sonarpur | |
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Coordinates: 22°26′18″N 88°25′55″E / 22.4382026°N 88.4320450°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Presidency |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Subdivision | Baruipur |
Headquarters | Sonarpur |
Government | |
• Gram Panchayats | Banhooghly I, Banhooghly II, Kalikapur I, Kalikapur II, Kamrabad, Kheyadaha I, Kheyadaha II, Langalberia, Poleghat, Pratapnagar, Sonarpur II |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Jadavpur |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Sonarpur Dakshin, Sonarpur Uttar |
Area | |
• Total | 120.63 km2 (46.58 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 219,863 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
• Urban | 44,150 |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 79.66 per cent |
• Sex ratio | 959 ♂/♀ |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali[1][2] |
• Additional official | English[1] |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | s24pgs |
Sonarpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.