Sonahara
Bagmundi block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723152
· village code 331587
Population 2011
252
Census of India
Population 2020
310
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.0%
58 people · 2.3% a year
Households
55
+7.8% vs 51 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
252
Male / female
117 / 135
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,154
Children aged 0–6
57
Literacy rate
29.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 252
Working population
151
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.0%
Households
51
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
40
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
34
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 4 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ajodhya panchayat, Bagmundi 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
₹40.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.40 lakh
Received directly
₹45,163
Spent
₹68.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.64 lakh · received ₹26.47 lakh · spent ₹21.58 lakh · left ₹14.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.00 lakh · received ₹37.93 lakh · spent ₹46.56 lakh · left ₹22.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 86.1216 —
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