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Sontala Population - Baksa, Assam

Sontala is a medium size village located in Tamulpur Circle of Baksa district, Assam with total 282 families residing. The Sontala village has population of 1565 of which 816 are males while 749 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sontala village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 10.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sontala village is 918 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Sontala as per census is 660, lower than Assam average of 962.

Sontala village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Sontala village was 62.54 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Sontala Male literacy stands at 70.25 % while female literacy rate was 54.47 %.

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

Sontala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,565 816 749
Child (0-6) 166 100 66
Schedule Caste 35 21 14
Schedule Tribe 1,441 751 690
Literacy 62.54 % 70.25 % 54.47 %
Total Workers 952 490 462
Main Worker 427 - -
Marginal Worker 525 122 403

Caste Factor

In Sontala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.08 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.24 % of total population in Sontala village.

Work Profile

In Sontala village out of total population, 952 were engaged in work activities. 44.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 952 workers engaged in Main Work, 310 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.