Sonarkundu Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Sonarkundu is a large village located in Nalhati - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 612 families residing. The Sonarkundu village has population of 2623 of which 1361 are males while 1262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonarkundu village population of children with age 0-6 is 373 which makes up 14.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonarkundu village is 927 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonarkundu as per census is 727, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonarkundu village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonarkundu village was 83.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonarkundu Male literacy stands at 88.12 % while female literacy rate was 78.28 %.

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

Sonarkundu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	612	-	-
Population	2,623	1,361	1,262
Child (0-6)	373	216	157
Schedule Caste	1,190	620	570
Schedule Tribe	3	1	2
Literacy	83.29 %	88.12 %	78.28 %
Total Workers	968	778	190
Main Worker	866	-	-
Marginal Worker	102	21	81

Caste Factor

In Sonarkundu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.37 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Sonarkundu village.

Work Profile

In Sonarkundu village out of total population, 968 were engaged in work activities. 89.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 968 workers engaged in Main Work, 261 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 267 were Agricultural labourer.