Sonchri
Parbalpur block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803114
· village code 244747
Population 2011
5,059
Census of India
Population 2020
6,240
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.3%
1,181 people · 2.4% a year
Households
966
+26.6% vs 763 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,059
Male / female
2,671 / 2,388
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
767
Literacy rate
60.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
808 / 0
Working population
1,311
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.4%
Households
763
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
150
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
75
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
3
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
12%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 100 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mai panchayat, Parbalpur 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
₹10.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.37 lakh · received ₹6.79 lakh · spent ₹16.14 lakh · left ₹1.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7,038 · received ₹10.25 lakh · spent ₹9.29 lakh · left ₹1.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2072, 85.3531 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Nalanda district ·
School
staffing across Nalanda ·
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