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Sonamui Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Sonamui is a medium size village located in Daspur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 355 families residing. The Sonamui village has population of 1629 of which 833 are males while 796 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonamui village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 9.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonamui village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonamui as per census is 739, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonamui village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonamui village was 91.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonamui Male literacy stands at 95.30 % while female literacy rate was 87.41 %.

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

Sonamui Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 355 - -
Population 1,629 833 796
Child (0-6) 153 88 65
Schedule Caste 111 51 60
Schedule Tribe 10 3 7
Literacy 91.40 % 95.30 % 87.41 %
Total Workers 619 513 106
Main Worker 363 - -
Marginal Worker 256 181 75

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.61 % of total population in Sonamui village.

Work Profile

In Sonamui village out of total population, 619 were engaged in work activities. 58.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 619 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.