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Sonahan Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Sonahan is a medium size village located in Harirampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 258 families residing. The Sonahan village has population of 1116 of which 556 are males while 560 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonahan village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 14.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonahan village is 1007 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonahan as per census is 1208, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonahan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonahan village was 65.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonahan Male literacy stands at 70.66 % while female literacy rate was 60.25 %.

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

Sonahan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,116 556 560
Child (0-6) 159 72 87
Schedule Caste 176 88 88
Schedule Tribe 242 110 132
Literacy 65.52 % 70.66 % 60.25 %
Total Workers 395 316 79
Main Worker 181 - -
Marginal Worker 214 154 60

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.68 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 15.77 % of total population in Sonahan village.

Work Profile

In Sonahan village out of total population, 395 were engaged in work activities. 45.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 395 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.