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Sonapur Population - Katihar, Bihar

Sonapur is a medium size village located in Kadwa Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 117 families residing. The Sonapur village has population of 581 of which 320 are males while 261 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 18.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonapur village is 816 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonapur as per census is 780, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonapur village was 30.67 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonapur Male literacy stands at 31.03 % while female literacy rate was 30.23 %.

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 117 - -
Population 581 320 261
Child (0-6) 105 59 46
Schedule Caste 39 23 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 30.67 % 31.03 % 30.23 %
Total Workers 141 127 14
Main Worker 140 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.71 % 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, 141 were engaged in work activities. 99.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.