Sonbarsa
Buxar block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802118
· village code 248297
Population 2011
3,069
Census of India
Population 2020
3,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.7%
481 people · 1.6% a year
Households
620
+13.6% vs 546 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,069
Male / female
1,627 / 1,442
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
886
Children aged 0–6
538
Literacy rate
62.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
793 / 0
Working population
801
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.9%
Households
546
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
580
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
235
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 59 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonbarsa panchayat, Buxar 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
₹15.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.80 lakh
Received directly
₹44,415
Spent
₹17.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.43 lakh · received ₹7.09 lakh · spent ₹5.37 lakh · left ₹11.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.38 lakh · received ₹10.71 lakh · spent ₹11.98 lakh · left ₹5.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5676, 83.9704 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Buxar district ·
School
staffing across Buxar ·
…and across Bihar