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Sonkhedi Population - Barwani, Madhya Pradesh

Sonkhedi is a medium size village located in Varla Tehsil of Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh with total 219 families residing. The Sonkhedi village has population of 1428 of which 724 are males while 704 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonkhedi village population of children with age 0-6 is 386 which makes up 27.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonkhedi village is 972 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonkhedi as per census is 804, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Sonkhedi village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonkhedi village was 18.52 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Sonkhedi Male literacy stands at 25.29 % while female literacy rate was 12.03 %.

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

Sonkhedi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 219 - -
Population 1,428 724 704
Child (0-6) 386 214 172
Schedule Caste 37 20 17
Schedule Tribe 1,381 698 683
Literacy 18.52 % 25.29 % 12.03 %
Total Workers 618 318 300
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 127 8 119

Caste Factor

In Sonkhedi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.71 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.59 % of total population in Sonkhedi village.

Work Profile

In Sonkhedi village out of total population, 618 were engaged in work activities. 79.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 618 workers engaged in Main Work, 422 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.