Sonsihari
Nawada block · Nawada
district, Bihar · PIN 805123
· village code 257533
Population 2011
7,667
Census of India
Population 2020
7,677
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.1%
10 people · 0.0% a year
Households
1,371
+0.6% vs 1,363 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,667
Male / female
3,978 / 3,689
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
1,289
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,643 / 0
Working population
2,386
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.7%
Households
1,363
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
232
Teachers
63
Students per teacher
4
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
560
Non-farm households
175
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
386 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
386 / 385 / 376
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonsihari panchayat, Nawada 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
₹7.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.06 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.21 lakh · received ₹7.59 lakh · spent ₹7.20 lakh · left ₹3.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.25 lakh · received ₹11.47 lakh · spent ₹11.97 lakh · left ₹3.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.9305, 85.5360 —
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