Sontara Population - Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Sontara is a medium size village located in Tilda Tehsil of Raipur district, Chhattisgarh with total 227 families residing. The Sontara village has population of 1084 of which 543 are males while 541 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sontara village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 13.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sontara village is 996 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sontara as per census is 1159, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sontara village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sontara village was 75.94 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sontara Male literacy stands at 86.29 % while female literacy rate was 65.29 %.

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

Sontara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	227	-	-
Population	1,084	543	541
Child (0-6)	149	69	80
Schedule Caste	459	240	219
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.94 %	86.29 %	65.29 %
Total Workers	517	305	212
Main Worker	56	-	-
Marginal Worker	461	257	204

Caste Factor

In Sontara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.34 % of total population in Sontara village. The village Sontara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sontara village out of total population, 517 were engaged in work activities. 10.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 517 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.