Sonpuri is a medium size village located in Pathariya Tehsil of Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh with total 259 families residing. The Sonpuri village has population of 1055 of which 514 are males while 541 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Sonpuri village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 16.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpuri village is 1053 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpuri as per census is 933, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.
Sonpuri village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpuri village was 56.17 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sonpuri Male literacy stands at 67.29 % while female literacy rate was 45.85 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sonpuri 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 Sonpuri village.
Sonpuri Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
259 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,055 |
514 |
541 |
| Child (0-6) |
172 |
89 |
83 |
| Schedule Caste |
70 |
33 |
37 |
| Schedule Tribe |
220 |
108 |
112 |
| Literacy |
56.17 % |
67.29 % |
45.85 % |
| Total Workers |
518 |
263 |
255 |
| Main Worker |
378 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
140 |
48 |
92 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 20.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.64 % of total population in Sonpuri village.
Work Profile
In Sonpuri village out of total population, 518 were engaged in work activities. 72.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 518 workers engaged in Main Work, 249 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.