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Sonpurwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sonpurwa is a medium size village located in Patan Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 59 families residing. The Sonpurwa village has population of 305 of which 152 are males while 153 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 17.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpurwa village is 1007 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpurwa as per census is 1160, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonpurwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpurwa village was 58.96 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonpurwa Male literacy stands at 70.87 % while female literacy rate was 46.77 %.

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

Sonpurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 59 - -
Population 305 152 153
Child (0-6) 54 25 29
Schedule Caste 74 36 38
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.96 % 70.87 % 46.77 %
Total Workers 155 78 77
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 146 70 76

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.26 % of total population in Sonpurwa village. The village Sonpurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonpurwa village out of total population, 155 were engaged in work activities. 5.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 155 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.