Sonwal Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Champaran, Bihar - Census 2011

Sonwal is a village situated in Paharpur block of Purba Champaran district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,085 families residing in the village Sonwal. The total population of Sonwal is 6,148 out of which 3,173 are males and 2,975 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sonwal is 938.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sonwal village is 1208 which is 20% of the total population. There are 605 male children and 603 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sonwal is 997 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (938) of Sonwal village.

Population
6,148
Families
1,085
Literacy
51.92%
Sex Ratio
938

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sonwal is 51.9%. Thus Sonwal village has higher literacy rate compared to 44.7% of Purba Champaran district. The male literacy rate is 61.53% and the female literacy rate is 41.53% in Sonwal village.

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

Sonwal Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 1,208 605 603
Literacy 51.92% 61.53% 41.53%
Scheduled Caste 58 35 23
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 3,583 1,593 1,990

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Sonwal village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sonwal village out of total population, 2,097 were engaged in work activities. 29.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,097 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 261 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 617 554 63
Cultivators 173 169 4
Agriculture Labourer 261 210 51
Household Industries 22 22 0
Other Workers 161 153 8
Marginal Workers 1,480 832 648
Non Working 4,051 1,787 2,264

Nearby Villages to Sonwal,

Below are the list of villages near Sonwal village in Paharpur.

Village Population
TejPurwa 5,466
Barkurwa 2,167
Majhariya 5,219
Lakhmipur 2,529
Bharwaliya 1,485
Paharpur 2,980
Tok Bharwaliya 910
Inglish 1,661
Sarea urf Lachhirma Birt Tola 1,060
Nauwa Dih 7,986

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