Sonamura

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Place details

Locality: Sonamura
Region: Tripura
Country: India
Population: 11,285
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Sonamura
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tripura#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tripura
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Sipahijala district
Settlement.government_type: Nagar Panchayat
Settlement.governing_body: Sonamura Nagar Panchayat
Settlement.leader_party: BJP
Settlement.leader_title: Chairman
Settlement.leader_name: Smt. Sarada Chakraborty
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 15
Settlement.population_total: 12592
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Sepahijala district
Area: 4.130
Elevation: 15
Time zone: UTC+05:30

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postal code: 799181

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Encyclopedic overview

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Sonamura is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in the Indian state of Tripura. It is the headquarter of Sonamura Subdivision in Sipahijala district and lies on the border with Bangladesh to the east of Comilla.

==Demographics== As of the 2011 India census, Sonamura had a population of 10,074. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Sonamura has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 68%. In Sonamura, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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