Sona Chura
Nandigram-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721646
· village code 345849
Population 2011
5,736
Census of India
Population 2020
7,793
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.9%
2,057 people · 3.5% a year
Households
1,579
+44.2% vs 1,095 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,736
Male / female
2,974 / 2,762
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
736
Literacy rate
73.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,663 / 0
Working population
2,060
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.5%
Households
1,095
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
312
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
209
Non-farm households
835
Share of households farming, 2020
20%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonachura panchayat, Nandigram-I 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
₹36.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.00 lakh
Received directly
₹4.04 lakh
Spent
₹66.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.95 lakh · received ₹27.12 lakh · spent ₹25.19 lakh · left ₹16.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.36 lakh · received ₹38.88 lakh · spent ₹41.08 lakh · left ₹23.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9279, 87.9871 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Medinipur East ·
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