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Sonkhar Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Sonkhar is a medium size village located in Pen Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 281 families residing. The Sonkhar village has population of 1205 of which 624 are males while 581 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonkhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 12.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonkhar village is 931 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonkhar as per census is 835, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Sonkhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonkhar village was 82.36 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Sonkhar Male literacy stands at 93.03 % while female literacy rate was 71.07 %.

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

Sonkhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,205 624 581
Child (0-6) 145 79 66
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 82.36 % 93.03 % 71.07 %
Total Workers 423 362 61
Main Worker 354 - -
Marginal Worker 69 48 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.33 % of total population in Sonkhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonkhar village of Raigarh.

Work Profile

In Sonkhar village out of total population, 423 were engaged in work activities. 83.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 423 workers engaged in Main Work, 221 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.