Sona Chora
Kundhit block · Jamtara
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815359
· village code 373290
Population 2011
456
Census of India
Population 2020
547
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.0%
91 people · 2.0% a year
Households
124
+18.1% vs 105 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
456
Male / female
234 / 222
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
69
Literacy rate
62.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
88 / 130
Working population
241
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.8%
Households
105
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
57
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
44
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 45 / 120
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amladehi panchayat, Kundhit 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
₹10.53 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.95 lakh
Received directly
₹2,400
Spent
₹19.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.51 lakh · received ₹3.98 lakh · spent ₹4.63 lakh · left ₹88,796
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.02 lakh · received ₹5.97 lakh · spent ₹14.54 lakh · left ₹45,026
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0000, 87.2553 —
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