Sonapur
Baisa block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 855115
· village code 223856
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 271 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,361 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
271
Male / female
138 / 133
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
52
Literacy rate
26.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
165 / 0
Working population
80
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.5%
Households
61
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
122
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
99
Non-farm households
308
Share of households farming, 2020
24%
Net sown area
6 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
6 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kanjia panchayat, Baisa 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
₹11.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.20 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹94,299 · received ₹5.95 lakh · spent ₹6.43 lakh · left ₹46,742
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.97 lakh · received ₹8.99 lakh · spent ₹10.22 lakh · left ₹9.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0800, 87.8020 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purnia district ·
School
staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar