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Sonapur Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Sonapur is a large village located in Pothia Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 504 families residing. The Sonapur village has population of 2500 of which 1287 are males while 1213 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 461 which makes up 18.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonapur village is 943 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonapur as per census is 808, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonapur village was 48.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonapur Male literacy stands at 52.81 % while female literacy rate was 44.49 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sonapur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sonapur village.

Sonapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 504 - -
Population 2,500 1,287 1,213
Child (0-6) 461 255 206
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 11 7 4
Literacy 48.70 % 52.81 % 44.49 %
Total Workers 773 672 101
Main Worker 672 - -
Marginal Worker 101 59 42

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.44 % of total population in Sonapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonapur village of Kishanganj.

Work Profile

In Sonapur village out of total population, 773 were engaged in work activities. 86.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 773 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 561 were Agricultural labourer.