Sovana Bara Masia
Sitai block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736167
· village code 308719
Population 2011
1,005
Census of India
Population 2020
1,629
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+62.1%
624 people · 5.5% a year
Households
337
+55.3% vs 217 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,005
Male / female
507 / 498
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
177
Literacy rate
51.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
44 / 0
Working population
317
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.5%
Households
217
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
197
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
66
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
312
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
58 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
58 / 20 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Adabari panchayat, Sitai 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
₹86.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.00 lakh
Received directly
₹2.08 lakh
Spent
₹1.30 crore
Unspent at year end
₹41.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.56 lakh · received ₹34.11 lakh · spent ₹44.59 lakh · left ₹17.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹60.90 lakh · received ₹48.89 lakh · spent ₹85.84 lakh · left ₹23.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1081, 89.2910 —
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