Sonpura
Udwantnagar block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802206
· village code 247090
Population 2011
2,162
Census of India
Population 2020
3,250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+50.3%
1,088 people · 4.6% a year
Households
485
+53.0% vs 317 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,162
Male / female
1,145 / 1,017
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
397
Literacy rate
56.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
488 / 0
Working population
671
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.5%
Households
317
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
488
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
61
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
359 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
359 / 75 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonpura panchayat, Udwantnagar 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
₹77.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹2.14 lakh
Spent
₹16.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹62.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.48 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.45 lakh · left ₹25.17 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹46.72 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹10.33 lakh · left ₹37.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5315, 84.5841 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bhojpur district ·
School
staffing across Bhojpur ·
…and across Bihar