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Sonikpur Population - Gopalganj, Bihar

Sonikpur is a medium size village located in Kuchaikote Block of Gopalganj district, Bihar with total 186 families residing. The Sonikpur village has population of 1085 of which 485 are males while 600 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonikpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 20.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonikpur village is 1237 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonikpur as per census is 948, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonikpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonikpur village was 56.69 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonikpur Male literacy stands at 73.44 % while female literacy rate was 44.08 %.

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

Sonikpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 186 - -
Population 1,085 485 600
Child (0-6) 226 116 110
Schedule Caste 66 25 41
Schedule Tribe 24 9 15
Literacy 56.69 % 73.44 % 44.08 %
Total Workers 159 149 10
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 80 76 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.08 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.21 % of total population in Sonikpur village.

Work Profile

In Sonikpur village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 49.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.