Sonathol
Kashipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723121
· village code 330734
Population 2011
1,586
Census of India
Population 2020
1,768
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.5%
182 people · 1.2% a year
Households
377
+6.2% vs 355 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,586
Male / female
817 / 769
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
158
Literacy rate
67.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
476 / 0
Working population
630
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.2%
Households
355
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
155
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 65
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonathali 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
₹32.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹55.78 lakh
Received directly
₹71,621
Spent
₹52.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.13 lakh · received ₹22.92 lakh · spent ₹22.58 lakh · left ₹12.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.09 lakh · received ₹32.86 lakh · spent ₹29.51 lakh · left ₹24.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3847, 86.7511 —
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