Soniawan
Ekangarsarai block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 801306
· village code 244872
Population 2011
2,721
Census of India
Population 2020
2,990
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.9%
269 people · 1.1% a year
Households
598
+18.4% vs 505 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,721
Male / female
1,414 / 1,307
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
323
Literacy rate
68.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
404 / 1
Working population
1,122
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.1%
Households
505
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
78
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
546
Non-farm households
52
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
605 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
605 / 592 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Soniyawan panchayat, Ekangarsarai 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
₹20.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.38 lakh
Received directly
₹35,190
Spent
₹32.38 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.66 lakh · received ₹5.73 lakh · spent ₹16.29 lakh · left ₹1.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.14 lakh · received ₹8.65 lakh · spent ₹16.09 lakh · left ₹2.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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