Sonpur
Biraul block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847203
· village code 227740
Population 2011
4,562
Census of India
Population 2020
5,465
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.8%
903 people · 2.0% a year
Households
1,091
+13.8% vs 959 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,562
Male / female
2,445 / 2,117
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
866
Children aged 0–6
982
Literacy rate
35.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
946 / 2
Working population
1,515
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
959
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
1,450
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
181
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
860
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
223 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
223 / 223 / 223
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonpur Paghari panchayat, Biraul 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
₹12.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.64 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.00 lakh · received ₹5.44 lakh · spent ₹6.79 lakh · left ₹10.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹87,973 · received ₹8.21 lakh · spent ₹8.58 lakh · left ₹50,467
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9459, 86.3022 —
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