Sonatala
Udaynarayanpur block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711412
· village code 332527
Population 2011
5,093
Census of India
Population 2020
6,340
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.5%
1,247 people · 2.5% a year
Households
1,470
+25.8% vs 1,169 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,093
Male / female
2,640 / 2,453
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
481
Literacy rate
75.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
288 / 0
Working population
2,036
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
32.5%
Households
1,169
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
425
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 125 / 12
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Garbhabanipur-Sonatala panchayat, Udaynarayanpur 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
₹34.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹53.79 lakh
Received directly
₹61,564
Spent
₹55.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.65 lakh · received ₹22.10 lakh · spent ₹25.01 lakh · left ₹14.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.47 lakh · received ₹31.68 lakh · spent ₹30.90 lakh · left ₹18.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2239, 87.8644 —
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