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Sonkair Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Sonkair is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 144 families residing. The Sonkair village has population of 554 of which 291 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonkair village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 10.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonkair village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonkair as per census is 1231, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonkair village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonkair village was 68.55 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonkair Male literacy stands at 75.85 % while female literacy rate was 60.17 %.

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

Sonkair Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 554 291 263
Child (0-6) 58 26 32
Schedule Caste 32 18 14
Schedule Tribe 195 98 97
Literacy 68.55 % 75.85 % 60.17 %
Total Workers 254 186 68
Main Worker 252 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Sonkair village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.78 % of total population in Sonkair village.

Work Profile

In Sonkair village out of total population, 254 were engaged in work activities. 99.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 254 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 63 were Agricultural labourer.