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Sonapur Population - Araria, Bihar

Sonapur is a large village located in Narpatganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 2305 families residing. The Sonapur village has population of 11329 of which 5806 are males while 5523 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 2209 which makes up 19.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonapur village is 951 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonapur as per census is 933, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonapur village was 59.00 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonapur Male literacy stands at 67.34 % while female literacy rate was 50.28 %.

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

Sonapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,305 - -
Population 11,329 5,806 5,523
Child (0-6) 2,209 1,143 1,066
Schedule Caste 1,370 702 668
Schedule Tribe 13 1 12
Literacy 59.00 % 67.34 % 50.28 %
Total Workers 4,480 2,865 1,615
Main Worker 3,038 - -
Marginal Worker 1,442 646 796

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Sonapur village.

Work Profile

In Sonapur village out of total population, 4480 were engaged in work activities. 67.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4480 workers engaged in Main Work, 583 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1474 were Agricultural labourer.