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Sorta Population - Wardha, Maharashtra

Sorta is a medium size village located in Arvi Taluka of Wardha district, Maharashtra with total 388 families residing. The Sorta village has population of 1552 of which 811 are males while 741 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sorta village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 10.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sorta village is 914 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Sorta as per census is 775, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Sorta village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Sorta village was 83.64 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Sorta Male literacy stands at 88.78 % while female literacy rate was 78.13 %.

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

Sorta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 388 - -
Population 1,552 811 741
Child (0-6) 158 89 69
Schedule Caste 366 189 177
Schedule Tribe 206 108 98
Literacy 83.64 % 88.78 % 78.13 %
Total Workers 795 507 288
Main Worker 778 - -
Marginal Worker 17 12 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.27 % of total population in Sorta village.

Work Profile

In Sorta village out of total population, 795 were engaged in work activities. 97.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 795 workers engaged in Main Work, 209 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 478 were Agricultural labourer.