Sonar Bigha Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Sonar Bigha is a medium size village located in Silao Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 84 families residing. The Sonar Bigha village has population of 488 of which 239 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonar Bigha village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 20.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonar Bigha village is 1042 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonar Bigha as per census is 1475, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonar Bigha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonar Bigha village was 15.42 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonar Bigha Male literacy stands at 22.11 % while female literacy rate was 8.42 %.

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

Sonar Bigha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	84	-	-
Population	488	239	249
Child (0-6)	99	40	59
Schedule Caste	485	239	246
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	15.42 %	22.11 %	8.42 %
Total Workers	264	135	129
Main Worker	250	-	-
Marginal Worker	14	5	9

Caste Factor

In Sonar Bigha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.39 % of total population in Sonar Bigha village. The village Sonar Bigha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonar Bigha village out of total population, 264 were engaged in work activities. 94.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 264 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.