Sonbhadar
Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur block · Arwal
district, Bihar · PIN 804419
· village code 260847
Population 2011
3,715
Census of India
Population 2020
4,235
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.0%
520 people · 1.5% a year
Households
773
+21.2% vs 638 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,715
Male / female
1,888 / 1,827
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
599
Literacy rate
48.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
973 / 0
Working population
1,589
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.5%
Households
638
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
874
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
495
Non-farm households
265
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
192 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
192 / 188 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonbhdra 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
₹44.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹51.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.94 lakh · received ₹6.50 lakh · spent ₹10.02 lakh · left ₹5.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.75 lakh · received ₹9.81 lakh · spent ₹41.90 lakh · left ₹3.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1351, 84.7255 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Arwal district ·
School
staffing across Arwal ·
…and across Bihar