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Sonhat Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Sonhat is a medium size village located in Wadrafnagar Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 348 families residing. The Sonhat village has population of 1424 of which 722 are males while 702 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 317 which makes up 22.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonhat village is 972 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonhat as per census is 1032, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sonhat village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonhat village was 49.14 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sonhat Male literacy stands at 57.77 % while female literacy rate was 40.11 %.

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

Sonhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 348 - -
Population 1,424 722 702
Child (0-6) 317 156 161
Schedule Caste 27 14 13
Schedule Tribe 706 372 334
Literacy 49.14 % 57.77 % 40.11 %
Total Workers 780 400 380
Main Worker 188 - -
Marginal Worker 592 220 372

Caste Factor

In Sonhat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.58 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.90 % of total population in Sonhat village.

Work Profile

In Sonhat village out of total population, 780 were engaged in work activities. 24.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 780 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.