Government schemes and self-help groups in Sonbarsa

Sonbarsa had 3 self-help groups with 35 members in 2023-24, as reported by the Ministry of Rural Development's DAY-NRLM programme.

Self-help groups (DAY-NRLM)

Women's self-help groups formed under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission, by financial year, as counted by the ministry.

3Groups2023-24

35Members2023-24

Year	Groups	Members	SC members	ST members	OBC members	Other members
2025-26	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	0	41	7	4	28	2
2023-24	3	35	0	0	35	0
2022-23	9	109	6	0	98	5
2021-22	3	34	16	0	18	0
2020-21	10	109	25	1	74	9
2019-20	5	55	5	1	20	29
2017-18	34	383	73	0	213	97

Source: Ministry of Rural Development (DAY-NRLM), Village-wise Self Help Group and Members Count, data.gov.in (GODL-India), retrieved 30 Oct 2026.

Welfare delivery points (Census 2011)

Which welfare facilities the Census 2011 Village Directory recorded in Sonbarsa, and how far the nearest one was when it had none.

Facility	In 2011	Villages in Sheohar with it
Anganwadi centre	In the village	91% of 203 villages
ICDS nutrition centre	Not in the village · nearest within 5 km	3% of 203 villages
ASHA health worker	In the village	85% of 203 villages
Ration shop (PDS)	In the village	72% of 203 villages
Self-help group (SHG)	In the village	64% of 203 villages
Agricultural credit society	Not in the village · nearest within 5 km	44% of 203 villages
Health sub-centre	Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away	32% of 191 villages
Birth and death registration office	In the village	52% of 203 villages
Internet café / Common Service Centre	Not in the village · nearest more than 10 km away	5% of 203 villages
Post office	In the village	32% of 203 villages

Census 2011 — the official record from 2011, not today's situation.

Schemes that fit Sonbarsa's profile

Central schemes for rural households, chosen from the village's own Census 2011 figures. Eligibility is personal: check each scheme's page.

PM-Kisan — income support for landholding farmer families; Census 2011 counted 224 cultivators here. Check eligibility →
MGNREGA — 100 days of wage work a year for rural households; Census 2011 counted 996 agricultural labourers here. The district's figures are below. Check eligibility →
PMAY-G — housing for rural families without a pucca house; 1,153 households in Census 2011. Check eligibility →
PM Ujjwala — LPG connections for poor households; 1,153 households in Census 2011. Check eligibility →
Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY — ₹5 lakh a year of hospital cover for eligible families. Check eligibility →

All schemes and the eligibility checker →

Scheme progress in Sheohar district

District-level figures for Sheohar district, not figures for Sonbarsa.

Post-2011 updates

Scheme progress — Sheohar district

Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes

These are district-level figures for Sheohar district, not figures for Sonbarsa.

Tap water at home

district level

79.7%

59,658 of 74,861 rural households have a tap connection

Jal Jeevan Mission · as of 7 Jun 2024 · Sheohar

Method: Sum of 198 habitation rows in 5 block resources published on data.gov.in by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (households; households with a tap connection).

Source: Households with Piped Water Supply (PWS) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), per-block resources · retrieved 29 Oct 2026

Toilets built

district level

1,48,628

household toilets built, 1,48,628 households listed · coverage 100.0%

Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) · as of 29 Oct 2026 · Sheohar

Source: District-wise Coverage of Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) as on date · retrieved 29 Oct 2026

PMAY-G (rural houses) is not shown: the ministry publishes no district-wise bulk dataset.

MGNREGA · Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee

Rural jobs scheme — Sheohar district, 2025–26

The district's figures for the whole financial year (April to March) as the Ministry of Rural Development reports them.

These are district-level figures for Sheohar district, not figures for Sonbarsa.

Households that got work: 38,857
Person-days of work: 16.8 lakh
Average days of work per household: 43
Households that completed 100 days: 476
Average wage per person-day: ₹254
Share of person-days worked by women: 57.5%
Share of person-days, Scheduled Castes: 12.5%
Share of person-days, Scheduled Tribes: 0.2%
Active job cards: 69,974
Job cards issued (all time): 1,64,290
Active workers: 96,415
Works completed in the year: 9,299
Works ongoing: 9,314
Spending on natural resource works: 35.0%

Figures are the year's last (March) report as published. Spending in rupees is not shown because the dataset does not state its unit.

Source: District-wise MGNREGA Data at a Glance, Ministry of Rural Development, on data.gov.in · dataset updated 29 Oct 2026 · retrieved 29 Oct 2026

Sources

Ministry of Rural Development (DAY-NRLM), Village-wise Self Help Group and Members Count, data.gov.in (GODL-India) — 30 Oct 2026 · www.data.gov.in
Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Village Amenities, Census 2011, via data.gov.in · Licence: Government Open Data License – India · censusindia.gov.in
Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Primary Census Abstract, Census 2011, via data.gov.in · Licence: Government Open Data License – India · censusindia.gov.in

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