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Sonathu Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sonathu is a medium size village located in Gurua Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 135 families residing. The Sonathu village has population of 758 of which 392 are males while 366 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonathu village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 20.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonathu village is 934 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonathu as per census is 833, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sonathu village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonathu village was 82.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonathu Male literacy stands at 87.34 % while female literacy rate was 76.69 %.

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

Sonathu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 135 - -
Population 758 392 366
Child (0-6) 154 84 70
Schedule Caste 70 28 42
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.12 % 87.34 % 76.69 %
Total Workers 255 176 79
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 190 117 73

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.23 % of total population in Sonathu village. The village Sonathu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonathu village out of total population, 255 were engaged in work activities. 25.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 255 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.