Sonar Bigha
Silao block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803116
· village code 245111
Population 2011
488
Census of India
Population 2020
611
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.2%
123 people · 2.5% a year
Households
116
+38.1% vs 84 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
488
Male / female
239 / 249
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,042
Children aged 0–6
99
Literacy rate
12.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
485 / 0
Working population
264
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.0%
Households
84
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
No
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
121
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
61
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
26
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 5 / 7
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barakar panchayat, Silao 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
₹46.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.02 lakh
Received directly
₹1.07 lakh
Spent
₹59.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.22 lakh · received ₹8.38 lakh · spent ₹31.49 lakh · left ₹4.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.07 lakh · received ₹12.64 lakh · spent ₹28.25 lakh · left ₹4.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0687, 85.4507 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Nalanda district ·
School
staffing across Nalanda ·
…and across Bihar