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Sonamani Population - Purnia, Bihar

Sonamani is a medium size village located in Baisa Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 343 families residing. The Sonamani village has population of 1732 of which 962 are males while 770 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonamani village population of children with age 0-6 is 294 which makes up 16.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonamani village is 800 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonamani as per census is 826, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonamani village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonamani village was 49.58 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonamani Male literacy stands at 60.67 % while female literacy rate was 35.64 %.

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

Sonamani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 343 - -
Population 1,732 962 770
Child (0-6) 294 161 133
Schedule Caste 403 224 179
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 49.58 % 60.67 % 35.64 %
Total Workers 515 480 35
Main Worker 458 - -
Marginal Worker 57 52 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.27 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.12 % of total population in Sonamani village.

Work Profile

In Sonamani village out of total population, 515 were engaged in work activities. 88.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 515 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 391 were Agricultural labourer.