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Sontarabad Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Sontarabad is a medium size village located in Jamua Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 45 families residing. The Sontarabad village has population of 288 of which 139 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sontarabad village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 15.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sontarabad village is 1072 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sontarabad as per census is 607, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sontarabad village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sontarabad village was 55.14 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sontarabad Male literacy stands at 61.26 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Sontarabad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 288 139 149
Child (0-6) 45 28 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 282 136 146
Literacy 55.14 % 61.26 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 131 66 65
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 43 11 32

Caste Factor

In Sontarabad village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.92 % of total population in Sontarabad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sontarabad village of Giridih.

Work Profile

In Sontarabad village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 67.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.