Sonaojuri
Kashipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723126
· village code 330590
Population 2011
2,624
Census of India
Population 2020
2,755
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.0%
131 people · 0.5% a year
Households
557
+4.1% vs 535 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,624
Male / female
1,347 / 1,277
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
307
Literacy rate
56.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
833 / 758
Working population
1,203
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.5%
Households
535
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
153
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
334
Non-farm households
223
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
165 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
131 / 102 / 165
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonaijuri panchayat, Kashipur 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
₹32.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.98 lakh
Received directly
₹63,079
Spent
₹55.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.14 lakh · received ₹22.59 lakh · spent ₹22.50 lakh · left ₹13.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.74 lakh · received ₹32.38 lakh · spent ₹32.55 lakh · left ₹19.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9009, 86.6300 —
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