Sonamukhi (community development block)
Sonamukhi | |
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Community development block | |
Sridhar temple, Sonamukhi | |
| Coordinates: 23°18′00″N 87°25′00″E / 23.3°N 87.416667°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Government | |
| • Type | Representative democracy |
| Area | |
• Total | 368.30 km2 (142.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 158,697 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 722207 (Sonamukhi) 722110 (Dhansimla) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03243 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB-67, WB-68 |
| Literacy | 66.16% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sonamukhi |
| Website | bankura |
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Sonamukhi is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.