Sonbad
Dhanwar block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825418
· village code 350950
Population 2011
291
Census of India
Population 2020
305
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
14 people · 0.5% a year
Households
61
+24.5% vs 49 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
291
Male / female
150 / 141
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
56
Literacy rate
50.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
178
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.6%
Households
49
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
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
Separately located
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
60
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Galwati panchayat, Dhanwar 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
₹9.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.64 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54,970
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.71 lakh · received ₹4.26 lakh · spent ₹6.79 lakh · left ₹17,709
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.54 lakh · received ₹6.39 lakh · spent ₹12.55 lakh · left ₹37,261
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3604, 85.9000 —
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staffing across Giridih ·
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