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Sonpurwa Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Sonpurwa is a medium size village located in Ranka Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 304 families residing. The Sonpurwa village has population of 1603 of which 820 are males while 783 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 333 which makes up 20.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpurwa village is 955 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpurwa as per census is 936, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonpurwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpurwa village was 54.96 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonpurwa Male literacy stands at 69.44 % while female literacy rate was 39.87 %.

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

Sonpurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 304 - -
Population 1,603 820 783
Child (0-6) 333 172 161
Schedule Caste 66 31 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.96 % 69.44 % 39.87 %
Total Workers 844 434 410
Main Worker 116 - -
Marginal Worker 728 327 401

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.12 % of total population in Sonpurwa village. The village Sonpurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sonpurwa village out of total population, 844 were engaged in work activities. 13.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 844 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.