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Sonakandi Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sonakandi is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 95 families residing. The Sonakandi village has population of 509 of which 266 are males while 243 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonakandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 9.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonakandi village is 914 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonakandi as per census is 1474, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sonakandi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonakandi village was 92.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sonakandi Male literacy stands at 97.57 % while female literacy rate was 86.05 %.

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

Sonakandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 509 266 243
Child (0-6) 47 19 28
Schedule Caste 236 119 117
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.21 % 97.57 % 86.05 %
Total Workers 279 162 117
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 176 62 114

Caste Factor

In Sonakandi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.37 % of total population in Sonakandi village. The village Sonakandi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonakandi village out of total population, 279 were engaged in work activities. 36.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.