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Sonpura Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Sonpura is a large village located in Simri Bakhtiarpur Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 632 families residing. The Sonpura village has population of 3630 of which 1924 are males while 1706 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 651 which makes up 17.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpura village is 887 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpura as per census is 898, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonpura village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpura village was 51.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonpura Male literacy stands at 63.19 % while female literacy rate was 38.70 %.

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

Sonpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 632 - -
Population 3,630 1,924 1,706
Child (0-6) 651 343 308
Schedule Caste 305 161 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.70 % 63.19 % 38.70 %
Total Workers 1,082 880 202
Main Worker 425 - -
Marginal Worker 657 560 97

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.40 % of total population in Sonpura village. The village Sonpura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonpura village out of total population, 1082 were engaged in work activities. 39.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1082 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 214 were Agricultural labourer.