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Sonpurwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sonpurwa is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 188 families residing. The Sonpurwa village has population of 872 of which 446 are males while 426 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 16.40 % 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 810, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sonpurwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpurwa village was 49.11 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sonpurwa Male literacy stands at 59.40 % while female literacy rate was 38.67 %.

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 188 - -
Population 872 446 426
Child (0-6) 143 79 64
Schedule Caste 742 377 365
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.11 % 59.40 % 38.67 %
Total Workers 215 208 7
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

In Sonpurwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 85.09 % 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, 215 were engaged in work activities. 98.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 215 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 152 were Agricultural labourer.