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Sonamukhi
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Sonamukhi is a town and a municipality in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is famous for its Silk Saari and also Kali and Karthik puja .

Key facts

Settlement.name
Sonamukhi
Settlement.settlement_type
town
Settlement.image_skyline
Sonamukhi railway station 02.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Sonamukhi railway station
Settlement.pushpin_map
India West Bengal#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in West Bengal, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bankura
Settlement.government_type
Municipality
Settlement.governing_body
Sonamukhi Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
11.65
Settlement.elevation_m
66
Settlement.population_total
29,085

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Wikidata facts

Country
India
Population
27354
Elevation
66
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Households
5348
Dialing code
3244
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postal code
722207
male population
14026
illiterate population
8100
literate population
19254
female population
13328
Commons category
Sonamukhi
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Area overview
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Civic administration
  • Police station
  • CD block HQ
  • Transport
  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • References
  • External links

Sonamukhi is a town and a municipality in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is famous for its Silk Saari and also Kali and Karthik puja .

==Geography==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sonamukhi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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