Sonbarsa
Chainpur block · Kaimur (Bhabua)
district, Bihar · PIN 821106
· village code 249852
Population 2011
1,134
Census of India
Population 2020
1,218
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.4%
84 people · 0.8% a year
Households
175
+4.2% vs 168 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,134
Male / female
583 / 551
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
229
Literacy rate
58.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
465
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.5%
Households
168
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
281
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
47
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
74
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 34 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karjawn panchayat, Chainpur 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
₹24.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.06 lakh
Received directly
₹8.38 lakh
Spent
₹42.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.54 lakh · received ₹7.20 lakh · spent ₹18.78 lakh · left ₹1.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.51 lakh · received ₹10.86 lakh · spent ₹23.72 lakh · left ₹6.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0450, 83.5096 —
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