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Sonpurwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sonpurwa is a medium size village located in Medininagar(Daltonganj) Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 102 families residing. The Sonpurwa village has population of 486 of which 244 are males while 242 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 18.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpurwa village is 992 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpurwa as per census is 1045, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonpurwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpurwa village was 71.72 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonpurwa Male literacy stands at 84.00 % while female literacy rate was 59.18 %.

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

Sonpurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 486 244 242
Child (0-6) 90 44 46
Schedule Caste 168 78 90
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.72 % 84.00 % 59.18 %
Total Workers 138 110 28
Main Worker 12 - -
Marginal Worker 126 101 25

Caste Factor

Sonpurwa village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.57 % of total population in Sonpurwa village. The village Sonpurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonpurwa village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 8.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.