Pondil
Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur block · Arwal
district, Bihar · PIN 804421
· village code 260815
Population 2011
2,440
Census of India
Population 2020
3,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.9%
560 people · 2.3% a year
Households
510
+17.2% vs 435 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,440
Male / female
1,250 / 1,190
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
470
Literacy rate
49.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
151 / 0
Working population
706
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.8%
Households
435
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
386
Non-farm households
98
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
124 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
124 / 89 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chamandih Panchayat panchayat, Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur 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
₹44.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹50.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.32 lakh · received ₹7.19 lakh · spent ₹20.89 lakh · left ₹10.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.35 lakh · received ₹10.85 lakh · spent ₹29.81 lakh · left ₹1.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0991, 84.7602 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Arwal district ·
School
staffing across Arwal ·
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