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Sonpur Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Sonpur is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 192 families residing. The Sonpur village has population of 860 of which 450 are males while 410 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 16.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpur village is 911 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpur as per census is 805, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpur village was 73.65 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonpur Male literacy stands at 81.23 % while female literacy rate was 65.52 %.

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

Sonpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 192 - -
Population 860 450 410
Child (0-6) 139 77 62
Schedule Caste 77 44 33
Schedule Tribe 706 368 338
Literacy 73.65 % 81.23 % 65.52 %
Total Workers 509 259 250
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 490 246 244

Caste Factor

In Sonpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.95 % of total population in Sonpur village.

Work Profile

In Sonpur village out of total population, 509 were engaged in work activities. 3.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 509 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.