Sonawan
Islampur block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 801303
· village code 244924
Population 2011
2,247
Census of India
Population 2020
2,750
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.4%
503 people · 2.3% a year
Households
500
+41.6% vs 353 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,247
Male / female
1,168 / 1,079
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
423
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
331 / 0
Working population
1,012
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.5%
Households
353
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations 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
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
315
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
270
Non-farm households
165
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
46 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
46 / 46 / 26
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandhari panchayat, Islampur 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
₹45.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.51 lakh
Received directly
₹1.11 lakh
Spent
₹39.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.27 lakh · received ₹6.58 lakh · spent ₹14.41 lakh · left ₹14.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.42 lakh · received ₹9.93 lakh · spent ₹25.27 lakh · left ₹9.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1512, 85.2568 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Nalanda district ·
School
staffing across Nalanda ·
…and across Bihar