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Sonpur Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Sonpur is a medium size village located in Chhindwara Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 356 families residing. The Sonpur village has population of 1678 of which 881 are males while 797 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 13.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpur village is 905 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpur as per census is 856, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Sonpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpur village was 65.77 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Sonpur Male literacy stands at 73.41 % while female literacy rate was 57.39 %.

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 356 - -
Population 1,678 881 797
Child (0-6) 232 125 107
Schedule Caste 212 110 102
Schedule Tribe 134 67 67
Literacy 65.77 % 73.41 % 57.39 %
Total Workers 684 498 186
Main Worker 521 - -
Marginal Worker 163 28 135

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.63 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.99 % of total population in Sonpur village.

Work Profile

In Sonpur village out of total population, 684 were engaged in work activities. 76.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 684 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.