Sonpur
Bhaiyathan block · Surajpur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497331
· village code 432723
Population 2011
2,171
Census of India
Population 2020
1,499
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-30.9%
-672 people · -4.0% a year
Households
648
+33.1% vs 487 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,171
Male / female
1,064 / 1,107
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,040
Children aged 0–6
365
Literacy rate
53.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
103 / 575
Working population
1,207
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.6%
Households
487
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
225
Teachers
22
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
642
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
96 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
96 / 67 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonpur Shi panchayat, Bhaiyathan 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
₹5.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.40 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.46 lakh · received ₹3.66 lakh · spent ₹4.22 lakh · left ₹1.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.58 lakh · received ₹2.74 lakh · spent ₹5.21 lakh · left ₹11,283
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3287, 82.7751 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Surajpur district ·
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staffing across Surajpur ·
…and across Chhattisgarh