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Sonamui Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Sonamui is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 51 families residing. The Sonamui village has population of 289 of which 148 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonamui village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 9.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonamui village is 953 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonamui as per census is 286, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonamui village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonamui village was 60.69 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonamui Male literacy stands at 64.57 % while female literacy rate was 57.04 %.

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 51 - -
Population 289 148 141
Child (0-6) 27 21 6
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.69 % 64.57 % 57.04 %
Total Workers 178 96 82
Main Worker 158 - -
Marginal Worker 20 9 11

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Sonamui village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Sonamui village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 88.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.