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Sonamite Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Sonamite is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 177 families residing. The Sonamite village has population of 1016 of which 500 are males while 516 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonamite village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 18.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonamite village is 1032 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonamite as per census is 928, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sonamite village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonamite village was 76.36 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sonamite Male literacy stands at 78.91 % while female literacy rate was 73.94 %.

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

Sonamite Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 177 - -
Population 1,016 500 516
Child (0-6) 187 97 90
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 975 480 495
Literacy 76.36 % 78.91 % 73.94 %
Total Workers 384 201 183
Main Worker 341 - -
Marginal Worker 43 18 25

Caste Factor

In Sonamite village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.96 % of total population in Sonamite village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonamite village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Sonamite village out of total population, 384 were engaged in work activities. 88.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 384 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 133 were Agricultural labourer.