Sonpura Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sonpura is a medium size village located in Dumaria Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 77 families residing. The Sonpura village has population of 470 of which 250 are males while 220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 17.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpura village is 880 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpura as per census is 1270, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonpura village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpura village was 48.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonpura Male literacy stands at 57.75 % while female literacy rate was 37.57 %.

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	77	-	-
Population	470	250	220
Child (0-6)	84	37	47
Schedule Caste	146	79	67
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	48.70 %	57.75 %	37.57 %
Total Workers	171	132	39
Main Worker	14	-	-
Marginal Worker	157	118	39

Caste Factor

Sonpura village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.06 % 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, 171 were engaged in work activities. 8.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 171 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.