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Sonaur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Sonaur is a medium size village located in Baisi Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 373 families residing. The Sonaur village has population of 1926 of which 993 are males while 933 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonaur village population of children with age 0-6 is 400 which makes up 20.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonaur village is 940 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonaur as per census is 843, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonaur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonaur village was 28.90 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonaur Male literacy stands at 36.60 % while female literacy rate was 20.93 %.

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

Sonaur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 373 - -
Population 1,926 993 933
Child (0-6) 400 217 183
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 28.90 % 36.60 % 20.93 %
Total Workers 463 396 67
Main Worker 238 - -
Marginal Worker 225 183 42

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Sonaur village out of total population, 463 were engaged in work activities. 51.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 463 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 171 were Agricultural labourer.