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Sonbad Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Sonbad is a large village located in Bengabad Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 394 families residing. The Sonbad village has population of 2093 of which 1107 are males while 986 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonbad village population of children with age 0-6 is 417 which makes up 19.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonbad village is 891 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonbad as per census is 870, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonbad village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonbad village was 69.69 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonbad Male literacy stands at 81.11 % while female literacy rate was 56.94 %.

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

Sonbad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 394 - -
Population 2,093 1,107 986
Child (0-6) 417 223 194
Schedule Caste 397 208 189
Schedule Tribe 45 26 19
Literacy 69.69 % 81.11 % 56.94 %
Total Workers 933 590 343
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 442 138 304

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.97 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.15 % of total population in Sonbad village.

Work Profile

In Sonbad village out of total population, 933 were engaged in work activities. 52.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 933 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.