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Sonakania Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Sonakania is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 399 families residing. The Sonakania village has population of 1848 of which 930 are males while 918 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonakania village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 12.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonakania village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonakania as per census is 869, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonakania village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonakania village was 75.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonakania Male literacy stands at 82.80 % while female literacy rate was 69.09 %.

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

Sonakania Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 399 - -
Population 1,848 930 918
Child (0-6) 228 122 106
Schedule Caste 94 46 48
Schedule Tribe 220 105 115
Literacy 75.93 % 82.80 % 69.09 %
Total Workers 620 499 121
Main Worker 509 - -
Marginal Worker 111 71 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.09 % of total population in Sonakania village.

Work Profile

In Sonakania village out of total population, 620 were engaged in work activities. 82.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 620 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.