Sonapur
Kursakanta block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854331
· village code 221892
Population 2011
2,189
Census of India
Population 2020
2,311
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.6%
122 people · 0.6% a year
Households
384
+3.0% vs 373 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,189
Male / female
1,184 / 1,005
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
849
Children aged 0–6
463
Literacy rate
36.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
871
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.6%
Households
373
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 10 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
35
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
345
Non-farm households
39
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
59 / 24 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kamaldaha panchayat, Kursakanta 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
₹37.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹52.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.04 lakh · received ₹7.63 lakh · spent ₹20.61 lakh · left ₹4.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.19 lakh · received ₹11.52 lakh · spent ₹31.54 lakh · left ₹16,258
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.4338 —
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