Sonachitura
Labpur block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731303
· village code 317561
Population 2011
183
Census of India
Population 2020
250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.6%
67 people · 3.5% a year
Households
82
+82.2% vs 45 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
183
Male / female
100 / 83
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
830
Children aged 0–6
17
Literacy rate
74.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
137 / 0
Working population
68
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.1%
Households
45
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
49 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
49 / 13 / 16
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Labpur-I panchayat, Labpur 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
₹22.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.11 lakh
Received directly
₹45,481
Spent
₹68.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.26 lakh · received ₹24.38 lakh · spent ₹32.53 lakh · left ₹14.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹873 · received ₹52.73 lakh · spent ₹36.21 lakh · left ₹16.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6527, 87.6940 —
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