Sonarhat Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Sonarhat is a medium size village located in Sitai Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 91 families residing. The Sonarhat village has population of 363 of which 182 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonarhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 12.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonarhat village is 995 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonarhat as per census is 1143, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonarhat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonarhat village was 67.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonarhat Male literacy stands at 75.78 % while female literacy rate was 58.60 %.

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

Sonarhat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	91	-	-
Population	363	182	181
Child (0-6)	45	21	24
Schedule Caste	222	108	114
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	67.30 %	75.78 %	58.60 %
Total Workers	223	119	104
Main Worker	117	-	-
Marginal Worker	106	8	98

Caste Factor

In Sonarhat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.16 % of total population in Sonarhat village. The village Sonarhat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonarhat village out of total population, 223 were engaged in work activities. 52.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 223 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.