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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ravesh kumar
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- LGD code
- 244472
- Pincode
- 811104
- Post office
- Sarmera
- Population
- 1,186
- Households
- 171
- Literacy rate
- 33.1%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 566
Census 2011 · in context
How Sondiha compares
By population, Sondiha ranks #20 of 35 villages in Sarmera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.1%
−11.0% vs mandal average
- Sondiha
- 33.1%
- Sarmera mandal
- 44.1%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−33 vs mandal average
- Sondiha
- 886
- Sarmera mandal
- 919
Household size
people per home
6.9
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Sondiha
- 6.9
- Sarmera mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sondiha at a glance
Sondiha is a village of 1,186 people in 171 households (Census 2011) in Sarmera block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 20th-largest of 35 villages in Sarmera block. Literacy is 33%, 11 points below the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811104, served by Sarmera post office; the LGD village code is 244472. The sarpanch is ravesh kumar, and the village votes in Mokama assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anant Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,398 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sondiha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BARBIGHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Husena
- Total area (ha)
- 83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 79.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sondiha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sondiha
- LGD code
- 244472
- Pincode
- 811104
- Post office
- Sarmera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,186
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,398
- Households
- 171
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 33.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mokama
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anant Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ravesh kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Sarmera
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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