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Sonakara Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Sonakara is a medium size village located in Salbani Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 252 families residing. The Sonakara village has population of 1173 of which 582 are males while 591 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonakara village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 13.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonakara village is 1015 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonakara as per census is 1105, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonakara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonakara village was 55.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonakara Male literacy stands at 62.65 % while female literacy rate was 49.11 %.

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

Sonakara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,173 582 591
Child (0-6) 160 76 84
Schedule Caste 600 286 314
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.87 % 62.65 % 49.11 %
Total Workers 637 341 296
Main Worker 346 - -
Marginal Worker 291 27 264

Caste Factor

In Sonakara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.15 % of total population in Sonakara village. The village Sonakara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonakara village out of total population, 637 were engaged in work activities. 54.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 637 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 171 were Agricultural labourer.