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Sonakania Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sonakania is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 191 families residing. The Sonakania village has population of 879 of which 440 are males while 439 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonakania village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 11.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonakania village is 998 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonakania as per census is 922, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonakania village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonakania village was 81.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonakania Male literacy stands at 91.26 % while female literacy rate was 70.92 %.

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 191 - -
Population 879 440 439
Child (0-6) 98 51 47
Schedule Caste 255 129 126
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.05 % 91.26 % 70.92 %
Total Workers 243 237 6
Main Worker 100 - -
Marginal Worker 143 141 2

Caste Factor

Sonakania village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.01 % of total population in Sonakania village. The village Sonakania currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonakania village out of total population, 243 were engaged in work activities. 41.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 243 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.