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Sonapur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Sonapur is a medium size village located in Baisi Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 141 families residing. The Sonapur village has population of 674 of which 374 are males while 300 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 23.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonapur village is 802 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonapur as per census is 612, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonapur village was 41.47 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonapur Male literacy stands at 50.00 % while female literacy rate was 31.67 %.

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 141 - -
Population 674 374 300
Child (0-6) 158 98 60
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 41.47 % 50.00 % 31.67 %
Total Workers 157 152 5
Main Worker 154 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Sonapur village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Sonapur village out of total population, 157 were engaged in work activities. 98.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 157 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 115 were Agricultural labourer.