Sonbarsa
Kargahar block · Rohtas
district, Bihar · PIN 821107
· village code 251807
Population 2011
853
Census of India
Population 2020
1,005
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.8%
152 people · 1.8% a year
Households
151
+34.8% vs 112 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
853
Male / female
444 / 409
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
137
Literacy rate
61.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
611 / 0
Working population
224
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.9%
Households
112
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
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 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
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
231
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
77
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
133
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
56 / 65 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khaira Sahmal 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
₹23.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.51 lakh · received ₹7.18 lakh · spent ₹8.54 lakh · left ₹13,929
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.04 lakh · received ₹10.83 lakh · spent ₹23.74 lakh · left ₹9.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1221, 83.9309 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Rohtas district ·
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staffing across Rohtas ·
…and across Bihar