Sonapur
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222509
Population 2011
2,500
Census of India
Population 2020
2,513
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.5%
13 people · 0.1% a year
Households
505
+0.2% vs 504 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,500
Male / female
1,287 / 1,213
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
461
Literacy rate
39.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 11
Working population
773
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.0%
Households
504
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
680
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
62
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
405
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
170 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
121 / 73 / 170
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Doobanochi panchayat, Pothia 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
₹32.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.46 lakh · received ₹7.59 lakh · spent ₹7.74 lakh · left ₹15.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.91 lakh · received ₹11.46 lakh · spent ₹27.99 lakh · left ₹38,126
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3243, 88.1906 —
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