Sonapur
Matihani block · Begusarai
district, Bihar · PIN 851129
· village code 238457
Population 2011
15,754
Census of India
Population 2020
18,785
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.2%
3,031 people · 2.0% a year
Households
3,642
+10.0% vs 3,311 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
15,754
Male / female
8,264 / 7,490
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
2,924
Literacy rate
51.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,135 / 1
Working population
4,795
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.8%
Households
3,311
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
239
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
1,275
Non-farm households
2,367
Share of households farming, 2020
35%
Net sown area
416 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
416 / 416 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonapur panchayat, Matihani 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
₹52.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.63 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹42.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹40.42 lakh · received ₹9.81 lakh · spent ₹24.47 lakh · left ₹25.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.65 lakh · received ₹14.82 lakh · spent ₹18.38 lakh · left ₹8.09 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3694, 86.1652 —
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