Sonakandar Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Sonakandar is a medium size village located in Maldah (Old) Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 90 families residing. The Sonakandar village has population of 420 of which 222 are males while 198 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonakandar village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 15.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonakandar village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonakandar as per census is 909, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonakandar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonakandar village was 46.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonakandar Male literacy stands at 61.38 % while female literacy rate was 29.76 %.

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

Sonakandar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	420	222	198
Child (0-6)	63	33	30
Schedule Caste	350	188	162
Schedule Tribe	66	32	34
Literacy	46.50 %	61.38 %	29.76 %
Total Workers	285	152	133
Main Worker	143	-	-
Marginal Worker	142	14	128

Caste Factor

In Sonakandar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.33 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.71 % of total population in Sonakandar village.

Work Profile

In Sonakandar village out of total population, 285 were engaged in work activities. 50.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 285 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.