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Sontar Population - Raisen, Madhya Pradesh

Sontar is a medium size village located in Goharganj Tehsil of Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh with total 200 families residing. The Sontar village has population of 1005 of which 525 are males while 480 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sontar village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 17.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sontar village is 914 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sontar as per census is 1023, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Sontar village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sontar village was 48.73 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Sontar Male literacy stands at 60.73 % while female literacy rate was 35.29 %.

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

Sontar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 200 - -
Population 1,005 525 480
Child (0-6) 176 87 89
Schedule Caste 25 10 15
Schedule Tribe 911 478 433
Literacy 48.73 % 60.73 % 35.29 %
Total Workers 260 249 11
Main Worker 172 - -
Marginal Worker 88 83 5

Caste Factor

In Sontar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.65 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.49 % of total population in Sontar village.

Work Profile

In Sontar village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 66.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.