Songhatta
Koilwar block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802160
· village code 246928
Population 2011
2,849
Census of India
Population 2020
3,782
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.8%
933 people · 3.2% a year
Households
612
+22.6% vs 499 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,849
Male / female
1,513 / 1,336
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
883
Children aged 0–6
521
Literacy rate
57.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
150 / 0
Working population
774
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.8%
Households
499
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
278
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
322
Non-farm households
172
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
38 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 38 / 35
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gidha panchayat, Koilwar 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
₹35.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.34 lakh
Received directly
₹71,207
Spent
₹34.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.76 lakh · received ₹6.51 lakh · spent ₹10.76 lakh · left ₹11.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.85 lakh · received ₹9.83 lakh · spent ₹23.27 lakh · left ₹6.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5891, 84.7469 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bhojpur district ·
School
staffing across Bhojpur ·
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