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Sonpurgarh Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Sonpurgarh is a medium size village located in Torpa Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 241 families residing. The Sonpurgarh village has population of 1344 of which 696 are males while 648 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpurgarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 225 which makes up 16.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpurgarh village is 931 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpurgarh as per census is 1045, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonpurgarh village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpurgarh village was 60.59 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonpurgarh Male literacy stands at 72.18 % while female literacy rate was 47.84 %.

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

Sonpurgarh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,344 696 648
Child (0-6) 225 110 115
Schedule Caste 142 74 68
Schedule Tribe 682 339 343
Literacy 60.59 % 72.18 % 47.84 %
Total Workers 501 335 166
Main Worker 344 - -
Marginal Worker 157 129 28

Caste Factor

In Sonpurgarh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.57 % of total population in Sonpurgarh village.

Work Profile

In Sonpurgarh village out of total population, 501 were engaged in work activities. 68.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 501 workers engaged in Main Work, 311 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.