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Soniakon Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Soniakon is a medium size village located in Garbeta - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 257 families residing. The Soniakon village has population of 1237 of which 629 are males while 608 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Soniakon village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 9.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Soniakon village is 967 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Soniakon as per census is 1070, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Soniakon village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Soniakon village was 86.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Soniakon Male literacy stands at 90.56 % while female literacy rate was 82.08 %.

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

Soniakon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,237 629 608
Child (0-6) 118 57 61
Schedule Caste 470 234 236
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.42 % 90.56 % 82.08 %
Total Workers 551 374 177
Main Worker 351 - -
Marginal Worker 200 39 161

Caste Factor

In Soniakon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.00 % of total population in Soniakon village. The village Soniakon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Soniakon village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 63.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.