Sonapur
Basantpur block · Supaul
district, Bihar · PIN 852215
· village code 220994
Population 2011
303
Census of India
Population 2020
366
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.8%
63 people · 2.1% a year
Households
86
+41.0% vs 61 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
303
Male / female
167 / 136
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
814
Children aged 0–6
63
Literacy rate
56.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
124
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.8%
Households
61
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>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
Farming
Farm households
53
Non-farm households
33
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
76 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
76 / 75 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ratanpur panchayat, Basantpur 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
₹61.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.61 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹31.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹49.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.86 lakh · received ₹7.81 lakh · spent ₹12.20 lakh · left ₹9.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.87 lakh · received ₹11.79 lakh · spent ₹19.26 lakh · left ₹40.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5045, 87.0197 —
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