Sonpa observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Sonpa
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Sonpa is a village in Chausa mandal, Buxar district, Bihar with a population of 4,432 across 700 households. The village has a literacy rate of 57% and is situated at coordinates 25.623°N, 85.932°E with PIN code 802114.
By population, Sonpa ranks #7 of 82 villages in Chausa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonpa is a village of 4,432 people in 700 households (Census 2011) in Chausa block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 82 villages in Chausa block. Literacy is 57%, 2 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Buxar district centre, 15 km from Kerai, the nearest town, 6 km from Bachwara Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802114, served by Chausa (Buxar) post office; the LGD village code is 248374. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Mokhtiyarpur, 6 km away. The sarpanch is umaravati devi, and the village votes in Bachhwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surendra Mehta. The population is estimated at 5,225 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jalilpur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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