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Sonjhara Population - Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Sonjhara is a medium size village located in Waraseoni Tehsil of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh with total 399 families residing. The Sonjhara village has population of 1541 of which 735 are males while 806 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonjhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 12.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonjhara village is 1097 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonjhara as per census is 1033, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Sonjhara village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonjhara village was 69.47 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Sonjhara Male literacy stands at 79.66 % while female literacy rate was 60.25 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sonjhara 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 Sonjhara village.

Sonjhara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 399 - -
Population 1,541 735 806
Child (0-6) 185 91 94
Schedule Caste 217 106 111
Schedule Tribe 11 4 7
Literacy 69.47 % 79.66 % 60.25 %
Total Workers 1,041 494 547
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 577 169 408

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.08 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.71 % of total population in Sonjhara village.

Work Profile

In Sonjhara village out of total population, 1041 were engaged in work activities. 44.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1041 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 164 were Agricultural labourer.