Saonsa
Rampurhat-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731216
· village code 316338
Population 2011
1,078
Census of India
Population 2020
1,202
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.5%
124 people · 1.2% a year
Households
322
+14.6% vs 281 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,078
Male / female
566 / 512
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
905
Children aged 0–6
89
Literacy rate
72.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
384 / 1
Working population
519
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.0%
Households
281
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
58
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
322
Net sown area
36 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
36 / 16 / 21
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kasthogora panchayat, Rampurhat-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
₹55.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹49.72 lakh
Received directly
₹2.57 lakh
Spent
₹75.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.10 lakh · received ₹20.43 lakh · spent ₹28.70 lakh · left ₹17.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.05 lakh · received ₹29.29 lakh · spent ₹47.07 lakh · left ₹14.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1407, 87.6155 —
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