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Sonua Population - Purnia, Bihar

Sonua is a medium size village located in Bhawanipur Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 332 families residing. The Sonua village has population of 1832 of which 949 are males while 883 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonua village population of children with age 0-6 is 426 which makes up 23.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonua village is 930 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonua as per census is 963, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonua village was 44.31 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonua Male literacy stands at 52.05 % while female literacy rate was 35.91 %.

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

Sonua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,832 949 883
Child (0-6) 426 217 209
Schedule Caste 384 194 190
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 44.31 % 52.05 % 35.91 %
Total Workers 666 465 201
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 461 266 195

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.96 % of total population in Sonua village. The village Sonua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonua village out of total population, 666 were engaged in work activities. 30.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 666 workers engaged in Main Work, 185 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.