Sonai
Ausgram-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713148
· village code 318881
Population 2011
3,185
Census of India
Population 2020
3,635
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.1%
450 people · 1.5% a year
Households
937
+17.7% vs 796 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,185
Male / female
1,622 / 1,563
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
312
Literacy rate
53.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,606 / 125
Working population
1,407
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.2%
Households
796
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
295
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
655
Non-farm households
282
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
363 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
363 / 80 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kota panchayat, Ausgram-Ii 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
₹49.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹67.06 lakh
Received directly
₹62,482
Spent
₹66.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹50.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.94 lakh · received ₹27.56 lakh · spent ₹26.70 lakh · left ₹17.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.55 lakh · received ₹39.50 lakh · spent ₹40.25 lakh · left ₹32.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4303, 87.4954 —
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