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Sonpura Population - Nawada, Bihar

Sonpura is a medium size village located in Meskaur Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 194 families residing. The Sonpura village has population of 1263 of which 652 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 16.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpura village is 937 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpura as per census is 1030, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sonpura village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpura village was 61.51 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sonpura Male literacy stands at 76.81 % while female literacy rate was 44.88 %.

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

Sonpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 194 - -
Population 1,263 652 611
Child (0-6) 203 100 103
Schedule Caste 315 162 153
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.51 % 76.81 % 44.88 %
Total Workers 335 292 43
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 288 260 28

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.94 % of total population in Sonpura village. The village Sonpura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonpura village out of total population, 335 were engaged in work activities. 14.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 335 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.