Sonatapal
Onda block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722144
· village code 328385
Population 2011
1,524
Census of India
Population 2020
1,087
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-28.7%
-437 people · -3.7% a year
Households
393
+17.3% vs 335 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,524
Male / female
782 / 742
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
192
Literacy rate
62.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
899 / 0
Working population
606
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.0%
Households
335
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
110
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
370
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
231 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 231 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Santore panchayat, Onda 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
₹1.44 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.92 lakh
Received directly
₹2.15 lakh
Spent
₹1.32 crore
Unspent at year end
₹84.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹41.99 lakh · received ₹29.15 lakh · spent ₹57.11 lakh · left ₹16.17 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.02 crore · received ₹41.78 lakh · spent ₹75.32 lakh · left ₹68.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2160, 87.1308 —
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