Sonekanhar
Bhanupratappur block · Kanker
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494669
· village code 447532
Population 2011
440
Census of India
Population 2020
559
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.1%
119 people · 2.7% a year
Households
85
-13.3% vs 98 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
440
Male / female
214 / 226
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,056
Children aged 0–6
56
Literacy rate
62.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
26 / 385
Working population
242
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.5%
Households
98
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
37
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
75
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
289 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
289 / 5 / 15
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonekanhar panchayat, Bhanupratappur 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
₹15.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.05 lakh
Received directly
₹3.69 lakh
Spent
₹24.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.20 lakh · received ₹3.62 lakh · spent ₹9.89 lakh · left ₹5,136
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.90 lakh · received ₹5.43 lakh · spent ₹15.02 lakh · left ₹2.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.2523, 81.1041 —
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