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Sontoshpur Population - Karimganj, Assam

Sontoshpur is a medium size village located in Ramkrishna Nagar Circle of Karimganj district, Assam with total 95 families residing. The Sontoshpur village has population of 505 of which 266 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sontoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 13.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sontoshpur village is 898 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Sontoshpur as per census is 1000, higher than Assam average of 962.

Sontoshpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Sontoshpur village was 83.14 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Sontoshpur Male literacy stands at 87.55 % while female literacy rate was 78.16 %.

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

Sontoshpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 505 266 239
Child (0-6) 66 33 33
Schedule Caste 476 252 224
Schedule Tribe 14 4 10
Literacy 83.14 % 87.55 % 78.16 %
Total Workers 136 129 7
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 23 23 0

Caste Factor

In Sontoshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 94.26 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.77 % of total population in Sontoshpur village.

Work Profile

In Sontoshpur village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 83.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.