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Sonpur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Sonpur is a medium size village located in Bhaiyathan Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 289 families residing. The Sonpur village has population of 1240 of which 627 are males while 613 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 17.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpur village is 978 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpur as per census is 1099, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sonpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpur village was 58.27 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sonpur Male literacy stands at 68.44 % while female literacy rate was 47.61 %.

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 289 - -
Population 1,240 627 613
Child (0-6) 212 101 111
Schedule Caste 43 21 22
Schedule Tribe 867 432 435
Literacy 58.27 % 68.44 % 47.61 %
Total Workers 580 330 250
Main Worker 360 - -
Marginal Worker 220 34 186

Caste Factor

In Sonpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.92 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.47 % of total population in Sonpur village.

Work Profile

In Sonpur village out of total population, 580 were engaged in work activities. 62.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 580 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 202 were Agricultural labourer.