Sonpurwa
Baragaon block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221201
· village code 208514
Population 2011
1,162
Census of India
Population 2020
1,490
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.2%
328 people · 2.8% a year
Households
216
+37.6% vs 157 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,162
Male / female
568 / 594
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,046
Children aged 0–6
138
Literacy rate
58.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
86 / 0
Working population
373
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.2%
Households
157
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
11
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
163
Non-farm households
27
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
61 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
52 / 61 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonpurwa panchayat, Baragaon 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
₹1.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.31 lakh
Received directly
₹1.90 lakh
Spent
₹12.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5,027
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7,436 · received ₹3.72 lakh · spent ₹3.78 lakh · left ₹1,440
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.43 lakh · received ₹5.58 lakh · spent ₹8.87 lakh · left ₹3,587
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3694, 82.9348 —
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