Sonbarsa

Cheria Bariarpur block · Begusarai district, Bihar · PIN 848202 · village code 237513

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,017 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,375 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,017

Male / female

1,492 / 1,525

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,022

Children aged 0–6

616

Literacy rate

47.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

16 / 0

Working population

770

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

75.5%

Households

660

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

258

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

200

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

73%

Net sown area

795 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

780 / 795 / 5

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kumbhi panchayat, Cheria Bariarpur 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

₹24.03 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.37 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹17.23 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹24.18 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.13 lakh · received ₹6.92 lakh · spent ₹15.00 lakh · left ₹5,455

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.90 lakh · received ₹10.45 lakh · spent ₹2.23 lakh · left ₹24.12 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.6396, 86.0596 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Begusarai district · School staffing across Begusarai · …and across Bihar