Sonahan
Harirampur block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733125
· village code 311844
Population 2011
1,116
Census of India
Population 2020
1,306
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.0%
190 people · 1.8% a year
Households
210
-18.6% vs 258 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,116
Male / female
556 / 560
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,007
Children aged 0–6
159
Literacy rate
56.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
176 / 242
Working population
395
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.8%
Households
258
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
84
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 50 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pundari panchayat, Harirampur 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
₹51.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.22 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹84.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.19 lakh · received ₹30.91 lakh · spent ₹27.49 lakh · left ₹22.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.02 lakh · received ₹44.31 lakh · spent ₹57.30 lakh · left ₹19.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2973, 88.2862 —
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