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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BECHU RAM
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- LGD code
- 209057
- Pincode
- 221403
- Post office
- Sewapuri
- Population
- 1,501
- Households
- 204
- Literacy rate
- 71.4%
- Sex ratio
- 927 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 647
- Distance to district centre
- 164 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 207 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 175 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 541 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gainsari Junction · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonbarsa compares
By population, Sonbarsa ranks #141 of 431 villages in Rajatalab mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.4%
+9.3% vs mandal average
Sonbarsa71.4%
Rajatalab mandal62.1%
Varanasi district65.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
927
+6 vs mandal average
Sonbarsa927
Rajatalab mandal921
Household size
people per home
7.4
+0.4 vs mandal average
Sonbarsa7.4
Rajatalab mandal7.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonbarsa at a glance
Sonbarsa is a village of 1,501 people in 204 households (Census 2011) in Rajatalab tehsil, Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, the 141st-largest of 431 villages in Rajatalab tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. It lies 164 km from the Varanasi district centre, 0 km from Sonbarsa, the nearest town, 6 km from Gainsari Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 221403, served by Sewapuri post office; the LGD village code is 209057. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is BECHU RAM, and the village votes in Mohan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brajesh Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,770 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonbarsa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VARANASI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 0
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SONEVERSA
- Total area (ha)
- 91.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 80
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonbarsa
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Key facts — Sonbarsa
- LGD code
- 209057
- Pincode
- 221403
- Post office
- Sewapuri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,501
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,770
- Households
- 204
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 927
- Literacy rate
- 71.4%
- Coordinates
- 27.47370°N, 82.57233°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohan
- Member of Parliament
- Sakshi Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Brajesh Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BECHU RAM
- Block / Mandal
- Rajatalab
Getting there
How to reach Sonbarsa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow175 kmcapital
- Delhi541 km
- Kolkata798 km
- Hyderabad1198 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGainsari Junction6 km
- Bus stopकोइलाबास बसपार्क24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankNBL22 km
- CollegeShakti Smarak Sansthan Dulhinpur Balrampur Uttar Pradesh45 km
- Police stationकोइलाबास सिमा सुरक्षा चौकी24 km
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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