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Sonapur Population - Pakur, Jharkhand

Sonapur is a medium size village located in Maheshpur Block of Pakur district, Jharkhand with total 154 families residing. The Sonapur village has population of 701 of which 349 are males while 352 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 19.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonapur village is 1009 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonapur as per census is 972, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonapur village was 44.92 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonapur Male literacy stands at 53.60 % while female literacy rate was 36.40 %.

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

Sonapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 154 - -
Population 701 349 352
Child (0-6) 140 71 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 699 348 351
Literacy 44.92 % 53.60 % 36.40 %
Total Workers 282 179 103
Main Worker 223 - -
Marginal Worker 59 7 52

Caste Factor

In Sonapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.71 % of total population in Sonapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonapur village of Pakur.

Work Profile

In Sonapur village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 79.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.