Somar Rai
Jakhania block · Ghazipur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 275203
· village code 203593
Population 2011
666
Census of India
Population 2020
1,260
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+89.2%
594 people · 7.3% a year
Households
112
+28.7% vs 87 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
666
Male / female
315 / 351
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,114
Children aged 0–6
114
Literacy rate
59.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
119 / 0
Working population
305
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.8%
Households
87
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
89
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
26 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 21 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shahpur Sonamrai panchayat, Jakhania 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
₹28,060
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.79 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹4.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11,728
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1 · received ₹1.92 lakh · spent ₹1.92 lakh · left ₹38
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28,059 · received ₹2.88 lakh · spent ₹3.04 lakh · left ₹11,690
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6937, 83.3193 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Ghazipur district ·
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staffing across Ghazipur ·
…and across Uttar Pradesh