Somni Population - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Somni is a large village located in Rajnandgaon Tehsil of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh with total 624 families residing. The Somni village has population of 2857 of which 1424 are males while 1433 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Somni village population of children with age 0-6 is 382 which makes up 13.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Somni village is 1006 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Somni as per census is 1032, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Somni village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Somni village was 79.96 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Somni Male literacy stands at 89.72 % while female literacy rate was 70.22 %.

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

Somni Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	624	-	-
Population	2,857	1,424	1,433
Child (0-6)	382	188	194
Schedule Caste	1,212	577	635
Schedule Tribe	66	33	33
Literacy	79.96 %	89.72 %	70.22 %
Total Workers	1,098	766	332
Main Worker	952	-	-
Marginal Worker	146	63	83

Caste Factor

In Somni village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.31 % of total population in Somni village.

Work Profile

In Somni village out of total population, 1098 were engaged in work activities. 86.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1098 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 210 were Agricultural labourer.