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Sona Chura Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sona Chura is a large village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1095 families residing. The Sona Chura village has population of 5736 of which 2974 are males while 2762 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sona Chura village population of children with age 0-6 is 736 which makes up 12.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sona Chura village is 929 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sona Chura as per census is 892, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sona Chura village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sona Chura village was 84.78 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sona Chura Male literacy stands at 90.68 % while female literacy rate was 78.47 %.

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

Sona Chura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,095 - -
Population 5,736 2,974 2,762
Child (0-6) 736 389 347
Schedule Caste 2,663 1,407 1,256
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.78 % 90.68 % 78.47 %
Total Workers 2,060 1,707 353
Main Worker 1,208 - -
Marginal Worker 852 580 272

Caste Factor

In Sona Chura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.43 % of total population in Sona Chura village. The village Sona Chura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sona Chura village out of total population, 2060 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 2060 workers engaged in Main Work, 315 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 493 were Agricultural labourer.