Sonpataha
Saraigarh Bhaptiyahi block · Supaul
district, Bihar · PIN 852105
· village code 221193
Population 2011
2,232
Census of India
Population 2020
2,508
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.4%
276 people · 1.3% a year
Households
497
+14.5% vs 434 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,232
Male / female
1,154 / 1,078
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
429
Literacy rate
39.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
989 / 0
Working population
881
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.4%
Households
434
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
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
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
389
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
460
Non-farm households
37
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
175 / 180 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banainiya panchayat, Saraigarh Bhaptiyahi 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
₹1.25 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.00 lakh
Received directly
₹2.99 lakh
Spent
₹89.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹49.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹53.21 lakh · received ₹4.38 lakh · spent ₹29.51 lakh · left ₹31.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹71.79 lakh · received ₹6.62 lakh · spent ₹59.69 lakh · left ₹18.72 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3564, 86.7839 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Supaul district ·
School
staffing across Supaul ·
…and across Bihar