Sona
Saidpur block · Ghazipur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 233221
· village code 204145
Population 2011
3,543
Census of India
Population 2020
5,020
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.7%
1,477 people · 3.9% a year
Households
572
+10.4% vs 518 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,543
Male / female
1,692 / 1,851
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,094
Children aged 0–6
621
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
962 / 0
Working population
1,025
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.6%
Households
518
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
95
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
438
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
146 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
146 / 140 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sona panchayat, Saidpur 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
₹5.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹86,645
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.37 lakh · received ₹5.23 lakh · spent ₹6.34 lakh · left ₹26,394
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.90 lakh · received ₹7.85 lakh · spent ₹11.15 lakh · left ₹60,251
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5495, 83.1589 —
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