Sonwahi
Surajpur block · Surajpur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497229
· village code 432523
Population 2011
921
Census of India
Population 2020
1,184
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.6%
263 people · 2.8% a year
Households
210
+9.9% vs 191 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
921
Male / female
440 / 481
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,093
Children aged 0–6
141
Literacy rate
59.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
31 / 496
Working population
518
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
191
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
45
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
215 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
213 / 215 / 116
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonwahi panchayat, Surajpur 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
₹7.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.72 lakh
Received directly
₹95,679
Spent
₹2.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.89 lakh · received ₹2.29 lakh · spent ₹1.45 lakh · left ₹5.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.30 lakh · received ₹3.43 lakh · spent ₹1.15 lakh · left ₹5.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1892, 83.1306 —
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