Sonpura
Simri Bakhtiarpur block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852127
· village code 226627
Population 2011
3,630
Census of India
Population 2020
4,242
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.9%
612 people · 1.7% a year
Households
4,000
+532.9% vs 632 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,630
Male / female
1,924 / 1,706
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
887
Children aged 0–6
651
Literacy rate
42.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
305 / 0
Working population
1,082
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.1%
Households
632
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 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
1,280
Teachers
30
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
655
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
185 / 300 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonpura panchayat, Simri Bakhtiarpur 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
₹45.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.14 lakh
Received directly
₹1.12 lakh
Spent
₹52.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.10 lakh · received ₹6.83 lakh · spent ₹14.51 lakh · left ₹6.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.46 lakh · received ₹10.31 lakh · spent ₹37.76 lakh · left ₹5.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7297, 86.5847 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Saharsa ·
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