Sonara
Mahrajganj block · Maharajganj
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 273303
· village code 184392
Population 2011
2,285
Census of India
Population 2020
2,819
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.4%
534 people · 2.4% a year
Households
590
+51.3% vs 390 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,285
Male / female
1,159 / 1,126
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
323
Literacy rate
59.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
558 / 0
Working population
729
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.0%
Households
390
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
175
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
457
Non-farm households
113
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
159 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
159 / 159 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonra panchayat, Mahrajganj 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
₹7.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.48 lakh
Received directly
₹15,251
Spent
₹12.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.09 lakh · received ₹3.39 lakh · spent ₹2.31 lakh · left ₹4.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.86 lakh · received ₹5.09 lakh · spent ₹9.92 lakh · left ₹2,248
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.1426, 83.5581 —
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