Sonawau
Khorabar block · Gorakhpur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 273016
· village code 185871
Population 2011
3,957
Census of India
Population 2020
5,478
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+38.4%
1,521 people · 3.7% a year
Households
614
+2.9% vs 597 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,957
Male / female
2,063 / 1,894
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
650
Literacy rate
47.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,511 / 0
Working population
1,458
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.4%
Households
597
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
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
121
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
263
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
63 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
42 / 63 / 38
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonwae panchayat, Khorabar 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
₹3.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36,900
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.46 lakh · received ₹6.43 lakh · spent ₹7.69 lakh · left ₹20,038
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.11 lakh · received ₹9.65 lakh · spent ₹11.59 lakh · left ₹16,862
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7207, 83.3920 —
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