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Sonpur Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Sonpur is a medium size village located in Bade Rajpur Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 255 families residing. The Sonpur village has population of 1270 of which 625 are males while 645 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 14.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpur village is 1032 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpur as per census is 870, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Sonpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpur village was 54.57 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Sonpur Male literacy stands at 65.14 % while female literacy rate was 44.62 %.

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 255 - -
Population 1,270 625 645
Child (0-6) 187 100 87
Schedule Caste 12 5 7
Schedule Tribe 1,164 578 586
Literacy 54.57 % 65.14 % 44.62 %
Total Workers 811 383 428
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 551 161 390

Caste Factor

In Sonpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.65 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.94 % of total population in Sonpur village.

Work Profile

In Sonpur village out of total population, 811 were engaged in work activities. 32.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 811 workers engaged in Main Work, 230 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.