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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TAMANNA PARWEEN
Contact: 99****8163
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- LGD code
- 241056
- Pincode
- 813205
- Post office
- Ghogha
- Population
- 74
- Households
- 15
- Literacy rate
- 43.2%
- Sex ratio
- 897 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 19
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonai Chak compares
By population, Sonai Chak ranks #166 of 222 villages in Dhuraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.2%
−3.7% vs mandal average
Sonai Chak43.2%
Dhuraiya mandal46.9%
Banka district47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
897
−12 vs mandal average
Sonai Chak897
Dhuraiya mandal909
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
Sonai Chak4.9
Dhuraiya mandal5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonai Chak at a glance
Sonai Chak is a village of 74 people in 15 households (Census 2011) in Dhuraiya block, Banka district, Bihar, the 166th-largest of 222 villages in Dhuraiya block. Literacy is 43%, 4 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 897 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813205, served by Ghogha post office; the LGD village code is 241056. The sarpanch is TAMANNA PARWEEN, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 87 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Makaita Babura →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonai Chak · this village | 74 | 43% | — |
| Babura · Dhuraiya | 4,873 | 38% | — |
| Asi · Dhuraiya | 1,728 | 46% | — |
| Mathura Chak · Dhuraiya | 1,208 | 44% | — |
| Balan Chak · Dhuraiya | 1,152 | 42% | — |
| Makaita · Dhuraiya | 1,052 | 56% | — |
| Gomar Chak · Dhuraiya | 864 | 43% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonai Chak
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BANKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Makaita-Babura
- Total area (ha)
- 22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonai Chak
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonai Chak
- LGD code
- 241056
- Pincode
- 813205
- Post office
- Ghogha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 74
- Population (projected 2026)
- 87
- Households
- 15
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 897
- Literacy rate
- 43.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beldaur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Panna Lal Singh Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TAMANNA PARWEEN
- Block / Mandal
- Dhuraiya
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)