Sonkhar Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Sonkhar is a medium size village located in Roha Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 83 families residing. The Sonkhar village has population of 429 of which 215 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonkhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 14.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonkhar village is 995 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonkhar as per census is 1032, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Sonkhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonkhar village was 64.21 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Sonkhar Male literacy stands at 73.91 % while female literacy rate was 54.40 %.

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

Sonkhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	83	-	-
Population	429	215	214
Child (0-6)	63	31	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	380	186	194
Literacy	64.21 %	73.91 %	54.40 %
Total Workers	162	130	32
Main Worker	78	-	-
Marginal Worker	84	61	23

Caste Factor

In Sonkhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.58 % of total population in Sonkhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonkhar village of Raigarh.

Work Profile

In Sonkhar village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 48.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.