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Sonar Population - Sitamarhi, Bihar

Sonar is a large village located in Riga Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar with total 1060 families residing. The Sonar village has population of 4956 of which 2607 are males while 2349 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonar village population of children with age 0-6 is 955 which makes up 19.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonar village is 901 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonar as per census is 1023, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonar village was 49.34 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonar Male literacy stands at 55.83 % while female literacy rate was 41.91 %.

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

Sonar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,060 - -
Population 4,956 2,607 2,349
Child (0-6) 955 472 483
Schedule Caste 874 473 401
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.34 % 55.83 % 41.91 %
Total Workers 1,442 1,279 163
Main Worker 1,169 - -
Marginal Worker 273 181 92

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.64 % of total population in Sonar village. The village Sonar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonar village out of total population, 1442 were engaged in work activities. 81.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1442 workers engaged in Main Work, 342 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 678 were Agricultural labourer.