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Sonamaguri Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Sonamaguri is a medium size village located in Jangipara Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 273 families residing. The Sonamaguri village has population of 1328 of which 675 are males while 653 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonamaguri village population of children with age 0-6 is 168 which makes up 12.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonamaguri village is 967 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonamaguri as per census is 1024, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonamaguri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonamaguri village was 69.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonamaguri Male literacy stands at 76.35 % while female literacy rate was 62.50 %.

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

Sonamaguri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 273 - -
Population 1,328 675 653
Child (0-6) 168 83 85
Schedule Caste 1,099 557 542
Schedule Tribe 19 12 7
Literacy 69.57 % 76.35 % 62.50 %
Total Workers 531 425 106
Main Worker 483 - -
Marginal Worker 48 14 34

Caste Factor

In Sonamaguri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.76 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.43 % of total population in Sonamaguri village.

Work Profile

In Sonamaguri village out of total population, 531 were engaged in work activities. 90.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 531 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.