Sonbad
Gandey block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351965
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 366 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,000 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
366
Male / female
189 / 177
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
59
Literacy rate
61.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
111
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.6%
Households
58
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Taratand panchayat, Gandey 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
₹23.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.91 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.95 lakh · received ₹5.16 lakh · spent ₹12.39 lakh · left ₹3.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.70 lakh · received ₹7.75 lakh · spent ₹17.16 lakh · left ₹3.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1802, 86.4498 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand