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Sonkhar Population - Basti, Uttar Pradesh

Sonkhar is a medium size village located in Basti Tehsil of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with total 30 families residing. The Sonkhar village has population of 317 of which 167 are males while 150 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonkhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 14.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonkhar village is 898 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonkhar as per census is 875, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Sonkhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonkhar village was 80.15 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Sonkhar Male literacy stands at 86.01 % while female literacy rate was 73.64 %.

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 30 - -
Population 317 167 150
Child (0-6) 45 24 21
Schedule Caste 65 34 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.15 % 86.01 % 73.64 %
Total Workers 109 97 12
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 18 15 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.50 % of total population in Sonkhar village. The village Sonkhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonkhar village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 83.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.