Sonajhor
Taldangra block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722149
· village code 328734
Population 2011
2,750
Census of India
Population 2020
3,040
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.6%
290 people · 1.1% a year
Households
638
+14.1% vs 559 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,750
Male / female
1,405 / 1,345
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
409
Literacy rate
53.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
71 / 483
Working population
963
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.0%
Households
559
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
145
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
43%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Saltora panchayat, Taldangra 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
₹33.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.16 lakh
Received directly
₹60,938
Spent
₹58.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.25 lakh · received ₹19.79 lakh · spent ₹21.02 lakh · left ₹9.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.36 lakh · received ₹28.37 lakh · spent ₹37.45 lakh · left ₹14.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9369, 87.2596 —
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