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Sokna Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Sokna is a medium size village located in Kanksa Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 311 families residing. The Sokna village has population of 1371 of which 716 are males while 655 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sokna village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 10.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sokna village is 915 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sokna as per census is 1159, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sokna village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sokna village was 65.55 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sokna Male literacy stands at 76.66 % while female literacy rate was 53.04 %.

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

Sokna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 311 - -
Population 1,371 716 655
Child (0-6) 149 69 80
Schedule Caste 929 482 447
Schedule Tribe 17 11 6
Literacy 65.55 % 76.66 % 53.04 %
Total Workers 648 419 229
Main Worker 524 - -
Marginal Worker 124 44 80

Caste Factor

In Sokna village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 67.76 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.24 % of total population in Sokna village.

Work Profile

In Sokna village out of total population, 648 were engaged in work activities. 80.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 648 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 334 were Agricultural labourer.