Sonepur is a village in Katra mandal, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, with a population of 4,902 across 990 households and a literacy rate of 42.1%. The village has multiple shops, hospitals, banks, playgrounds, and restaurants, serving as a commercial and service hub.
By population, Sonepur ranks #14 of 80 villages in Katra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonepur is a village of 4,902 people in 990 households (Census 2011) in Katra block, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, the 14th-largest of 80 villages in Katra block. Literacy is 42%, 3 points below the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 86 km from the Muzaffarpur district centre, 13 km from Panapur Langa, the nearest town, 1 km from Sonpur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 843321, served by Katra (Muzaffarpur) post office; the LGD village code is 229176. Mapped within or next to the village: bank, post office, weekly market. The village votes in Bahadurpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madan Sahni. The population is estimated at 5,779 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonpur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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