Sonamani
Baisa block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 855115
· village code 223918
Population 2011
1,732
Census of India
Population 2020
2,248
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.8%
516 people · 2.9% a year
Households
417
+21.6% vs 343 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,732
Male / female
962 / 770
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
800
Children aged 0–6
294
Literacy rate
41.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
403 / 2
Working population
515
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.3%
Households
343
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
100
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
111
Non-farm households
64
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 8 / 5
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nandania 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
₹25.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.83 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.59 lakh · received ₹7.50 lakh · spent ₹15.14 lakh · left ₹95,796
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.23 lakh · received ₹11.33 lakh · spent ₹11.49 lakh · left ₹17.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0360, 87.6919 —
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