Sonwan
Ghoshi block · Jehanabad
district, Bihar · PIN 804405
· village code 260439
Population 2011
3,505
Census of India
Population 2020
3,971
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.3%
466 people · 1.4% a year
Households
639
+23.6% vs 517 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,505
Male / female
1,790 / 1,715
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
612
Literacy rate
56.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,134 / 1
Working population
1,006
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.7%
Households
517
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
177
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
399
Non-farm households
188
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 32 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Parawan panchayat, Ghoshi 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
₹34.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.91 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹50.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.00 lakh · received ₹7.93 lakh · spent ₹8.74 lakh · left ₹3.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.39 lakh · received ₹11.98 lakh · spent ₹41.32 lakh · left ₹1.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1125, 85.0661 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Jehanabad district ·
School
staffing across Jehanabad ·
…and across Bihar