Dakshin Sonapur
Alipurduar-I block · Alipurduar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736121
· village code 307233
Population 2011
2,203
Census of India
Population 2020
3,021
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.1%
818 people · 3.6% a year
Households
585
+13.6% vs 515 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,203
Male / female
1,143 / 1,060
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
245
Literacy rate
72.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,005 / 2
Working population
846
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.2%
Households
515
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
265
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
430
Non-farm households
152
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chakowakheti panchayat, Alipurduar-I 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
₹1.00 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹95.18 lakh
Received directly
₹41,168
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹87.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹47.34 lakh · received ₹39.15 lakh · spent ₹60.11 lakh · left ₹26.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹52.88 lakh · received ₹56.02 lakh · spent ₹48.19 lakh · left ₹60.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5225, 89.3693 —
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