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Sonathol Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Sonathol is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 355 families residing. The Sonathol village has population of 1586 of which 817 are males while 769 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonathol village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 9.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonathol village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonathol as per census is 881, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonathol village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonathol village was 74.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonathol Male literacy stands at 84.72 % while female literacy rate was 64.46 %.

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

Sonathol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 355 - -
Population 1,586 817 769
Child (0-6) 158 84 74
Schedule Caste 476 248 228
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.86 % 84.72 % 64.46 %
Total Workers 630 426 204
Main Worker 270 - -
Marginal Worker 360 189 171

Caste Factor

Sonathol village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.01 % of total population in Sonathol village. The village Sonathol currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonathol village out of total population, 630 were engaged in work activities. 42.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 630 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.