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Sonhar Population - Bokaro, Jharkhand

Sonhar is a medium size village located in Kasmar Block of Bokaro district, Jharkhand with total 105 families residing. The Sonhar village has population of 489 of which 262 are males while 227 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 17.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonhar village is 866 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonhar as per census is 870, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonhar village was 61.54 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonhar Male literacy stands at 81.02 % while female literacy rate was 39.04 %.

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

Sonhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 489 262 227
Child (0-6) 86 46 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 476 255 221
Literacy 61.54 % 81.02 % 39.04 %
Total Workers 147 139 8
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 53 51 2

Caste Factor

In Sonhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.34 % of total population in Sonhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonhar village of Bokaro.

Work Profile

In Sonhar village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 63.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.