Sonpur Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Sonpur is a medium size village located in Swarupnagar Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 183 families residing. The Sonpur village has population of 822 of which 433 are males while 389 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 10.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpur village is 898 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpur as per census is 771, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpur village was 59.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonpur Male literacy stands at 68.83 % while female literacy rate was 50.28 %.

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

Sonpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	183	-	-
Population	822	433	389
Child (0-6)	85	48	37
Schedule Caste	213	117	96
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	59.97 %	68.83 %	50.28 %
Total Workers	306	263	43
Main Worker	233	-	-
Marginal Worker	73	61	12

Caste Factor

Sonpur village of North Twenty Four Parganas has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.91 % of total population in Sonpur village. The village Sonpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonpur village out of total population, 306 were engaged in work activities. 76.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 306 workers engaged in Main Work, 141 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.