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Sonapetya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sonapetya is a medium size village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 332 families residing. The Sonapetya village has population of 1452 of which 751 are males while 701 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonapetya village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 11.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonapetya village is 933 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonapetya as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonapetya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonapetya village was 90.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonapetya Male literacy stands at 94.19 % while female literacy rate was 85.83 %.

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

Sonapetya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,452 751 701
Child (0-6) 160 80 80
Schedule Caste 27 12 15
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.17 % 94.19 % 85.83 %
Total Workers 611 481 130
Main Worker 441 - -
Marginal Worker 170 123 47

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.86 % of total population in Sonapetya village. The village Sonapetya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonapetya village out of total population, 611 were engaged in work activities. 72.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 611 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.