Sonjhari
Magarlod block · Dhamtari
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493773
· village code 446991
Population 2011
526
Census of India
Population 2020
584
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.0%
58 people · 1.2% a year
Households
133
+15.7% vs 115 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
526
Male / female
264 / 262
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
992
Children aged 0–6
88
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
10 / 425
Working population
297
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.9%
Households
115
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
36
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
104
Non-farm households
29
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
122 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
122 / 118 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonjhari panchayat, Magarlod 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
₹4.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.15 lakh
Received directly
₹6.72 lakh
Spent
₹13.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.52 lakh · received ₹2.06 lakh · spent ₹8.27 lakh · left ₹1.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.49 lakh · received ₹3.09 lakh · spent ₹5.04 lakh · left ₹1.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.7568, 81.8534 —
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