Sonwani
Bhanwarkol block · Ghazipur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 233331
· village code 206192
Population 2011
2,564
Census of India
Population 2020
2,858
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.5%
294 people · 1.2% a year
Households
485
+34.4% vs 361 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,564
Male / female
1,360 / 1,204
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
885
Children aged 0–6
411
Literacy rate
66.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
169 / 0
Working population
760
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.2%
Households
361
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
70
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
95 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
95 / 40 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonwani panchayat, Bhanwarkol 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
₹3.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.60 lakh
Received directly
₹7,113
Spent
₹6.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15,327 · received ₹5.04 lakh · spent ₹5.25 lakh · left ₹1,419
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.29 lakh · received ₹7.56 lakh · spent ₹1.70 lakh · left ₹9.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5676, 83.8505 —
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