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Sonmer Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Sonmer is a medium size village located in Karra Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 205 families residing. The Sonmer village has population of 1003 of which 509 are males while 494 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonmer village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 17.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonmer village is 971 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonmer as per census is 1012, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonmer village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonmer village was 61.33 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonmer Male literacy stands at 69.03 % while female literacy rate was 53.32 %.

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

Sonmer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 1,003 509 494
Child (0-6) 173 86 87
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 907 463 444
Literacy 61.33 % 69.03 % 53.32 %
Total Workers 521 272 249
Main Worker 426 - -
Marginal Worker 95 37 58

Caste Factor

In Sonmer village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.10 % of total population in Sonmer village.

Work Profile

In Sonmer village out of total population, 521 were engaged in work activities. 81.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 521 workers engaged in Main Work, 274 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.