Sonthar
Vidisha block · Vidisha
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 464001
· village code 482032
Population 2011
826
Census of India
Population 2020
965
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.8%
139 people · 1.7% a year
Households
164
-4.7% vs 172 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
826
Male / female
455 / 371
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
815
Children aged 0–6
115
Literacy rate
68.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
111 / 102
Working population
312
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.5%
Households
172
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
25
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
140
Non-farm households
24
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
599 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
599 / 599 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonthar panchayat, Vidisha 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
₹9.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.16 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹5,000
Unspent at year end
₹12.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.36 lakh · received ₹1.26 lakh · spent ₹200 · left ₹2.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.65 lakh · received ₹1.89 lakh · spent ₹4,800 · left ₹9.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5135, 77.8124 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Vidisha district ·
School
staffing across Vidisha ·
…and across Madhya Pradesh