Sonua
Bhawanipur block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854204
· village code 223235
Population 2011
1,832
Census of India
Population 2020
2,080
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.5%
248 people · 1.4% a year
Households
384
+15.7% vs 332 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,832
Male / female
949 / 883
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
426
Literacy rate
34.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
384 / 0
Working population
666
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.8%
Households
332
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
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
150
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
252
Non-farm households
131
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
168 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
168 / 44 / 32
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonma panchayat, Bhawanipur 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
₹27.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.28 lakh
Received directly
₹3.79 lakh
Spent
₹30.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.63 lakh · received ₹8.08 lakh · spent ₹20.03 lakh · left ₹47,110
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.34 lakh · received ₹12.20 lakh · spent ₹10.11 lakh · left ₹21.44 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6396, 87.1388 —
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