Sonkurthua
Mahishi block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852216
· village code 226351
Population 2011
1,276
Census of India
Population 2020
1,476
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.7%
200 people · 1.6% a year
Households
235
+2.6% vs 229 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,276
Male / female
688 / 588
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
855
Children aged 0–6
283
Literacy rate
39.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
296 / 0
Working population
439
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.6%
Households
229
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
318
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
115
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
152 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 152 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghonghepur panchayat, Mahishi 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
₹38.43 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.70 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹36.82 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.91 lakh · received ₹7.45 lakh · spent ₹5.27 lakh · left ₹19.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.52 lakh · received ₹11.25 lakh · spent ₹31.55 lakh · left ₹1.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 86.4767 —
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