Soni
Kargahar block · Rohtas
district, Bihar · PIN 821107
· village code 251794
Population 2011
989
Census of India
Population 2020
1,086
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.8%
97 people · 1.0% a year
Households
153
+15.0% vs 133 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
989
Male / female
519 / 470
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
163
Literacy rate
60.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
134 / 0
Working population
221
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.4%
Households
133
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
289
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
145
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
39
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rupaitha panchayat, Kargahar 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
₹3.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.96 lakh
Received directly
₹23,172
Spent
₹20.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹90,730
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.82 lakh · received ₹6.76 lakh · spent ₹7.96 lakh · left ₹85,262
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.92 lakh · received ₹10.20 lakh · spent ₹12.07 lakh · left ₹5,468
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1532, 83.8821 —
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