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Sonagara Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Sonagara is a medium size village located in Musabani Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 244 families residing. The Sonagara village has population of 1309 of which 655 are males while 654 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonagara village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 16.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonagara village is 998 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonagara as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonagara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonagara village was 49.40 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonagara Male literacy stands at 61.58 % while female literacy rate was 37.20 %.

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

Sonagara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 244 - -
Population 1,309 655 654
Child (0-6) 222 111 111
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 900 451 449
Literacy 49.40 % 61.58 % 37.20 %
Total Workers 478 373 105
Main Worker 45 - -
Marginal Worker 433 337 96

Caste Factor

In Sonagara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.75 % of total population in Sonagara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonagara village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Sonagara village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 9.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.