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Sonatapal Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Sonatapal is a medium size village located in Onda Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 335 families residing. The Sonatapal village has population of 1524 of which 782 are males while 742 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonatapal village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 12.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonatapal village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonatapal as per census is 1110, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonatapal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonatapal village was 71.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonatapal Male literacy stands at 79.16 % while female literacy rate was 63.65 %.

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

Sonatapal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,524 782 742
Child (0-6) 192 91 101
Schedule Caste 899 458 441
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.70 % 79.16 % 63.65 %
Total Workers 606 471 135
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 142 74 68

Caste Factor

In Sonatapal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.99 % of total population in Sonatapal village. The village Sonatapal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonatapal village out of total population, 606 were engaged in work activities. 76.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 606 workers engaged in Main Work, 233 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 115 were Agricultural labourer.