Sonapetya
Shahid Matangini block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721627
· village code 344613
Population 2011
1,452
Census of India
Population 2020
1,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.8%
98 people · 0.7% a year
Households
475
+43.1% vs 332 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,452
Male / female
751 / 701
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
160
Literacy rate
80.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
27 / 0
Working population
611
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.3%
Households
332
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
182
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raghunathpur-Ii panchayat, Shahid Matangini 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
₹43.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹49.59 lakh
Received directly
₹75,004
Spent
₹65.09 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.95 lakh · received ₹20.38 lakh · spent ₹25.49 lakh · left ₹10.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.86 lakh · received ₹29.21 lakh · spent ₹39.60 lakh · left ₹18.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3423, 87.8762 —
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