Soma
Kaptanganj block · Basti
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 272155
· village code 180151
Population 2011
671
Census of India
Population 2020
864
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.8%
193 people · 2.8% a year
Households
123
+12.8% vs 109 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
671
Male / female
342 / 329
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
122
Literacy rate
52.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
333 / 0
Working population
207
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.7%
Households
109
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
101
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
38
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
19 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
9 / 19 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dharamsinghpur Urf Maharajgang panchayat, Kaptanganj zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹4.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.84 lakh
Received directly
₹2.97 lakh
Spent
₹11.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.92 lakh · received ₹3.94 lakh · spent ₹8.70 lakh · left ₹13,238
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.15 lakh · received ₹5.91 lakh · spent ₹2.93 lakh · left ₹5.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7748, 82.5437 —
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