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Sonapur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Sonapur is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 220 families residing. The Sonapur village has population of 1051 of which 535 are males while 516 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 24.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonapur village is 964 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonapur as per census is 1176, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonapur village was 55.30 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonapur Male literacy stands at 61.30 % while female literacy rate was 48.67 %.

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

Sonapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 1,051 535 516
Child (0-6) 259 119 140
Schedule Caste 17 9 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.30 % 61.30 % 48.67 %
Total Workers 280 254 26
Main Worker 261 - -
Marginal Worker 19 12 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.62 % of total population in Sonapur village. The village Sonapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonapur village out of total population, 280 were engaged in work activities. 93.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 280 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 178 were Agricultural labourer.