Sonurukha
Basantpur block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841406
· village code 231704
Population 2011
2,638
Census of India
Population 2020
3,455
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.0%
817 people · 3.0% a year
Households
505
+18.3% vs 427 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,638
Male / female
1,338 / 1,300
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
430
Literacy rate
59.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
254 / 113
Working population
592
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.7%
Households
427
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
155
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
362
Non-farm households
122
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
170 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 170 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rajapur panchayat, Basantpur 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
₹43.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.58 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹42.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.19 lakh · received ₹7.00 lakh · spent ₹20.10 lakh · left ₹15.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.83 lakh · received ₹10.57 lakh · spent ₹22.50 lakh · left ₹2.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1736, 84.6679 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar