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Sonepur population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Bihar, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 37,776 people
Households 6,383 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.66% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 24.35% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 37,776 19,995 17,781 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,273 2,764 2,509 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 25,893 14,909 10,984 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.66% 86.52% 71.92% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,158 2,721 2,437 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 138 81 57 Total workersCensus workers 9,197 8,266 931 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 24.35% 41.34% 5.24% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,329 6,668 661 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,868 1,598 270 Non-workerspeople 28,579 11,729 16,850
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 6,383 households and 37,776 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.96% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.52% for males and 71.92% for females. Of 9,197 workers, 79.69% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 316 67 Agricultural labourers 1,059 955 Household industry workers 266 74 Other workers 5,688 772
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Sonepur (NP) 219 01267 37,776
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.