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Sonawan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Sonawan is a large village located in Islampur Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 353 families residing. The Sonawan village has population of 2247 of which 1168 are males while 1079 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 423 which makes up 18.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonawan village is 924 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonawan as per census is 905, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonawan village was 58.33 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonawan Male literacy stands at 68.18 % while female literacy rate was 47.72 %.

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

Sonawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 353 - -
Population 2,247 1,168 1,079
Child (0-6) 423 222 201
Schedule Caste 331 160 171
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.33 % 68.18 % 47.72 %
Total Workers 1,012 630 382
Main Worker 901 - -
Marginal Worker 111 64 47

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.73 % of total population in Sonawan village. The village Sonawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonawan village out of total population, 1012 were engaged in work activities. 89.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1012 workers engaged in Main Work, 350 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 396 were Agricultural labourer.