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Sonidan Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Sonidan is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 183 families residing. The Sonidan village has population of 1206 of which 603 are males while 603 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonidan village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 22.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonidan village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonidan as per census is 970, equal than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sonidan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonidan village was 57.13 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sonidan Male literacy stands at 55.98 % while female literacy rate was 58.26 %.

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

Sonidan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 1,206 603 603
Child (0-6) 266 135 131
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,193 593 600
Literacy 57.13 % 55.98 % 58.26 %
Total Workers 389 297 92
Main Worker 387 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Sonidan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.92 % of total population in Sonidan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonidan village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Sonidan village out of total population, 389 were engaged in work activities. 99.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 389 workers engaged in Main Work, 312 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.