Sonta Population, Caste, Working Data Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh - Census 2011

Sonta is a village situated in Shamli tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 473 families residing in the village Sonta. The total population of Sonta is 2,487 out of which 1,309 are males and 1,178 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sonta is 900.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sonta village is 257 which is 10% of the total population. There are 139 male children and 118 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sonta is 849 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (900) of Sonta village.

Population
2,487
Families
473
Literacy
77.8%
Sex Ratio
900

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sonta is 77.8%. Thus Sonta village has higher literacy rate compared to 58.3% of Muzaffarnagar district. The male literacy rate is 87.61% and the female literacy rate is 66.98% in Sonta village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Sonta village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Sonta Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Sonta village.

Total Male Female
Children 257 139 118
Literacy 77.8% 87.61% 66.98%
Scheduled Caste 586 282 304
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 752 284 468

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.6% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Sonta village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sonta village out of total population, 766 were engaged in work activities. 95.2% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.8% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 766 workers engaged in Main Work, 390 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 209 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 729 691 38
Cultivators 390 380 10
Agriculture Labourer 209 200 9
Household Industries 1 1 0
Other Workers 129 110 19
Marginal Workers 37 9 28
Non Working 1,721 609 1,112

Nearby Villages to Sonta,

Below are the list of villages near Sonta village in Shamli.

Village Population
Kasampur 1,178
Bhanera Jat 3,111
Jamalpur Nagli 536
Kanjer Heri 1,473
Khanpur 2,378
Bhanju 6,864
Butrada 7,152
Bhikki Deh 472
Karaunda 5,152
Goharpur 750

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