Sonwan
Baheri block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847105
· village code 227650
Population 2011
1,603
Census of India
Population 2020
1,939
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.0%
336 people · 2.1% a year
Households
401
+20.8% vs 332 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,603
Male / female
851 / 752
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
884
Children aged 0–6
324
Literacy rate
45.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
91 / 4
Working population
625
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.8%
Households
332
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
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
105
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
58
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
11 / 16 / 18
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Samadhpura panchayat, Baheri 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
₹44.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.61 lakh
Received directly
₹38,944
Spent
₹45.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.16 lakh · received ₹7.02 lakh · spent ₹23.16 lakh · left ₹9.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.53 lakh · received ₹10.59 lakh · spent ₹22.21 lakh · left ₹8.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9459, 86.0418 —
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