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Sonpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Sonpur is a large village located in Bhangar - II Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 673 families residing. The Sonpur village has population of 3323 of which 1693 are males while 1630 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 492 which makes up 14.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpur village is 963 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpur as per census is 1025, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpur village was 66.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonpur Male literacy stands at 67.24 % while female literacy rate was 65.10 %.

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

Sonpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 673 - -
Population 3,323 1,693 1,630
Child (0-6) 492 243 249
Schedule Caste 24 16 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.20 % 67.24 % 65.10 %
Total Workers 1,364 1,032 332
Main Worker 984 - -
Marginal Worker 380 144 236

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.72 % of total population in Sonpur village. The village Sonpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonpur village out of total population, 1364 were engaged in work activities. 72.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1364 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 127 were Agricultural labourer.