Sonpa
Chausa block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802114
· village code 248374
Population 2011
4,432
Census of India
Population 2020
5,460
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.2%
1,028 people · 2.3% a year
Households
850
+21.4% vs 700 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,432
Male / female
2,298 / 2,134
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
796
Literacy rate
57.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,532 / 1
Working population
1,639
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.3%
Households
700
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
125
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
506
Non-farm households
326
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
99 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
99 / 99 / 4
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jalilpur panchayat, Chausa 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
₹38.43 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.44 lakh · received ₹6.95 lakh · spent ₹20.95 lakh · left ₹6.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.99 lakh · received ₹10.49 lakh · spent ₹28.11 lakh · left ₹36,830
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4955, 83.8800 —
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