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Sonapur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Sonapur is a medium size village located in Baisa Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 61 families residing. The Sonapur village has population of 271 of which 138 are males while 133 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 19.19 % 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 1080, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonapur village was 32.42 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonapur Male literacy stands at 39.82 % while female literacy rate was 24.53 %.

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 61 - -
Population 271 138 133
Child (0-6) 52 25 27
Schedule Caste 165 87 78
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 32.42 % 39.82 % 24.53 %
Total Workers 80 70 10
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Sonapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.89 % 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, 80 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.