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Sonas Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sonas is a large village located in Khizirsarai Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 357 families residing. The Sonas village has population of 2301 of which 1190 are males while 1111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonas village population of children with age 0-6 is 363 which makes up 15.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonas village is 934 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonas as per census is 931, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonas village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonas village was 61.35 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonas Male literacy stands at 72.26 % while female literacy rate was 49.68 %.

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

Sonas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 357 - -
Population 2,301 1,190 1,111
Child (0-6) 363 188 175
Schedule Caste 732 366 366
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.35 % 72.26 % 49.68 %
Total Workers 938 558 380
Main Worker 902 - -
Marginal Worker 36 4 32

Caste Factor

Sonas village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.81 % of total population in Sonas village. The village Sonas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonas village out of total population, 938 were engaged in work activities. 96.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 938 workers engaged in Main Work, 274 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 607 were Agricultural labourer.