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Sonakhuli Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Sonakhuli is a medium size village located in Cooch Behar - I Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 428 families residing. The Sonakhuli village has population of 1742 of which 863 are males while 879 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonakhuli village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 14.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonakhuli village is 1019 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonakhuli as per census is 1089, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonakhuli village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonakhuli village was 76.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonakhuli Male literacy stands at 81.19 % while female literacy rate was 71.24 %.

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

Sonakhuli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 428 - -
Population 1,742 863 879
Child (0-6) 259 124 135
Schedule Caste 529 279 250
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.20 % 81.19 % 71.24 %
Total Workers 570 479 91
Main Worker 481 - -
Marginal Worker 89 46 43

Caste Factor

Sonakhuli village of Koch Bihar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.37 % of total population in Sonakhuli village. The village Sonakhuli currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonakhuli village out of total population, 570 were engaged in work activities. 84.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 570 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 152 were Agricultural labourer.