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{{Short description|Village in Assam, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sondha
| other_name = Sandha
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Map of Assam
| coordinates = {{coord|26.4487|91.47454|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nalbari district|Nalbari]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Region]]
| subdivision_name3 = Nalbari
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 56
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3428
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 781337<ref>{{cite news |title=SONDHA Pin Code - 781337, Sondha All Post Office Areas PIN Codes, Search NALBARI Post Office Address |url=https://news.abplive.com/pincode/assam/nalbari/sondha-pincode-781337.html |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=ABPLive |publisher=ABC News |date=22 July 2020}}</ref>
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]]
| area_code = 03624
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| pushpin_map_alt = Nalbari district
| area_total_ha = 441.35
| registration_plate = AS-14
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'''Sondha,''' also spelled as '''Sandha''', is a [[village]] in [[Nalbari district]], [[Assam]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=India |title=Census of India, 1991. Series 4, Series 4 |last2=Director of Census Operations |first2=Assam |publisher=Controller of Publications |year=1996 |location=New Delhi |pages=172 |oclc=38081315 |language=English}}</ref> As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Sondha has a population of 3,428 people with literacy rate of 76.95%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=POPULATION BREAKUP AS PER CENSUS-2011 |url=https://nalbari.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/nalbari_epr_amtron_in_oid_2/this_comm/pub_nalbari.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703045835/https://nalbari.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/nalbari_epr_amtron_in_oid_2/this_comm/pub_nalbari.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=[[Government of Assam]] {{!}} [[Nalbari District]]}}</ref>

Sondha is also known for fish farming.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Correspondence |first1=Sentinel |title=Ideal fishery entrepreneur Amal Medhi bags national award - Sentinelassam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/ideal-fishery-entrepreneur-amal-medhi-bags-national-award-512721 |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=Sentinel Assam |publisher=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)]] |date=22 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kalita |first1=Prabin |title=Assam bags best state award in fisheries {{!}} Guwahati News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/assam-bags-best-state-award-in-fisheries/articleshow/79285065.cms |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=18 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1894, people gathered and held a Raijmel (public convention) at Sondha to protest against the British.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barman |first=Santo |title=The Raijmel : A Study of the Mel System in Assam |publisher=Spectrum Publ. |year=2005 |isbn=978-81-87502-95-1 |location=Guwahati |pages=81, 82 |language=English}}</ref> During the [[Assam Movement]], the Sondha unit of [[All Assam Students' Union|AASU]] was formed.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi0sAAAAIAAJ |title=North-East Quarterly |publisher=[[University of California]] |year=1984 |volume=2 |pages=33 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Deka |first=Meeta |title=Student Movements in Assam |publisher=Vikas Pub. House |year=1996 |isbn=9780706998825 |location=New Delhi |pages=101 |language=en}}</ref>

== Schools in Sondha ==
There are total 6 government high schools in Sondha.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Address of School and Colleges |url=https://nalbari.gov.in/information-services/school-and-colleges |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703051507/https://nalbari.gov.in/information-services/school-and-colleges |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=[[Government of Assam|GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM]] {{!}} [[Nalbari district|NALBARI DISTRICT]]}}</ref> Those are:

* Kharbandha Vidyapith High School<ref>{{cite web |title=KHARBANDHA VIDYAPITH HS - Sandha, District Nalbari (Assam) |url=https://schools.org.in/nalbari/18070212306/kharbandha-vidyapith-hs.html |website=schools.org.in |access-date=10 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* Rajkadamtal Sondha High School<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of HSLC and AHM 2020 examination |url=http://www.assamchamberofcommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Results-Gazette-2020-online.pdf |access-date=5 July 2022 |website=Assam Chamber of Commerce |pages=58, 449}}</ref>
* Rajkadamtal Balika Vidyalaya
* Sondha Moheswari Sanskrit Tol

Other government schools in Sondha as per [[Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan]] of [[Government of India]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basic Data for School Particulars, Draft Database as per U-DISE 2017-18 |url=http://www.ssaassam.gov.in/draftDISE201718/schoolparticulars/NALBARI_School%20Particulars2017-18.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619134837/http://www.ssaassam.gov.in/draftDISE201718/schoolparticulars/NALBARI_School%20Particulars2017-18.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2022 |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=[[Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan]] [[Assam]] {{!}} [[Government of India]] |page=73}}</ref> are:
* 165/1 No Sondha LPS
* 165/2 No Sondha A.R. Pathsala
* Dakhin Sondha Milan LPS
* Kharbandha Vidyapith (ME)s
* Subha Priya LPS
* Sondha Maheswar Chatuspathi
* Manav Shakti Jatiya Vidyalaya

== References ==

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[[Category:Villages in Nalbari district]]

Sondha - Revision history

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