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Sonwan Population - Begusarai, Bihar

Sonwan is a large village located in Garhpura Block of Begusarai district, Bihar with total 2039 families residing. The Sonwan village has population of 10234 of which 5393 are males while 4841 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 2150 which makes up 21.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonwan village is 898 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonwan as per census is 916, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonwan village was 51.66 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonwan Male literacy stands at 60.22 % while female literacy rate was 42.07 %.

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

Sonwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,039 - -
Population 10,234 5,393 4,841
Child (0-6) 2,150 1,122 1,028
Schedule Caste 1,085 559 526
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.66 % 60.22 % 42.07 %
Total Workers 3,695 2,485 1,210
Main Worker 2,605 - -
Marginal Worker 1,090 577 513

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.60 % of total population in Sonwan village. The village Sonwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonwan village out of total population, 3695 were engaged in work activities. 70.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3695 workers engaged in Main Work, 385 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1407 were Agricultural labourer.