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Sonwal Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Sonwal is a large village located in Paharpur Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 1085 families residing. The Sonwal village has population of 6148 of which 3173 are males while 2975 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 1208 which makes up 19.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonwal village is 938 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonwal as per census is 997, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonwal village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonwal village was 51.92 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonwal Male literacy stands at 61.53 % while female literacy rate was 41.53 %.

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

Sonwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,085 - -
Population 6,148 3,173 2,975
Child (0-6) 1,208 605 603
Schedule Caste 58 35 23
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.92 % 61.53 % 41.53 %
Total Workers 2,097 1,386 711
Main Worker 617 - -
Marginal Worker 1,480 832 648

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.94 % of total population in Sonwal village. The village Sonwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonwal village out of total population, 2097 were engaged in work activities. 29.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2097 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 261 were Agricultural labourer.