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Rain deficit notwithstanding, Bihar achieves 99% paddy coverage
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RITA DEVI URAF SARITA DEVI
Contact: 99****0155
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- LGD code
- 245111
- Pincode
- 803115
- Post office
- Pawapuri
- Population
- 488
- Households
- 84
- Literacy rate
- 12.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1042 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 264
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Sonar Bigha താരതമ്യം
By population, Sonar Bigha ranks #46 of 49 villages in Silao mandal.
Literacy rate
%
12.3%
−39.6% vs mandal average
- Sonar Bigha
- 12.3%
- Silao mandal
- 51.9%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,042
+118 vs mandal average
- Sonar Bigha
- 1,042
- Silao mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
5.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Sonar Bigha
- 5.8
- Silao mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonar Bigha ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Sonar Bigha Biharയിലെ Nalanda ജില്ല, Silao ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 488 പേർ 84 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Silao ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 49 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 46-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 12%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 52% നേക്കാൾ 40 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,042 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 803115, Pawapuri പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 245111. പ്രസിഡന്റ് RITA DEVI URAF SARITA DEVI; ഗ്രാമം Sahebpur Kamal നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 575, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Barakar →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonar Bigha
- 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)
- 16
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SILAO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barakar
- Total area (ha)
- 45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonar Bigha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Sonar Bigha
- LGD code
- 245111
- Pincode
- 803115
- Post office
- Pawapuri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 488
- Population (projected 2026)
- 575
- Households
- 84
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1042
- Literacy rate
- 12.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sahebpur Kamal
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RITA DEVI URAF SARITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Silao
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 803115
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Sonar Bigha
Silao മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
View all 57+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)