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Sonuan Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Sonuan is a medium size village located in Sonua Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 331 families residing. The Sonuan village has population of 1480 of which 741 are males while 739 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonuan village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 12.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonuan village is 997 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonuan as per census is 816, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonuan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonuan village was 79.49 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonuan Male literacy stands at 89.27 % while female literacy rate was 69.95 %.

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

Sonuan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 331 - -
Population 1,480 741 739
Child (0-6) 178 98 80
Schedule Caste 176 81 95
Schedule Tribe 10 5 5
Literacy 79.49 % 89.27 % 69.95 %
Total Workers 714 433 281
Main Worker 522 - -
Marginal Worker 192 53 139

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.68 % of total population in Sonuan village.

Work Profile

In Sonuan village out of total population, 714 were engaged in work activities. 73.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 714 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.