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Sonpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sonpur is a medium size village located in Belaganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 47 families residing. The Sonpur village has population of 435 of which 230 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 19.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpur village is 891 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpur as per census is 766, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpur village was 65.91 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonpur Male literacy stands at 83.06 % while female literacy rate was 47.34 %.

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

Sonpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 435 230 205
Child (0-6) 83 47 36
Schedule Caste 68 36 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.91 % 83.06 % 47.34 %
Total Workers 189 106 83
Main Worker 187 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.63 % of total population in Sonpur village. The village Sonpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonpur village out of total population, 189 were engaged in work activities. 98.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 189 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.