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Sonchar Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Sonchar is a medium size village located in Sahjanwa Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 53 families residing. The Sonchar village has population of 319 of which 160 are males while 159 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonchar village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 18.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonchar village is 994 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonchar as per census is 758, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Sonchar village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonchar village was 62.07 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Sonchar Male literacy stands at 75.59 % while female literacy rate was 49.25 %.

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

Sonchar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 319 160 159
Child (0-6) 58 33 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.07 % 75.59 % 49.25 %
Total Workers 138 69 69
Main Worker 133 - -
Marginal Worker 5 5 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Sonchar village of Gorakhpur district.

Work Profile

In Sonchar village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 96.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.