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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sonchri is a village in Parbalpur mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar, with a population of 5,059 across 763 households. It has the highest literacy rate among the listed villages at 60.9% and is located at coordinates 25.205°N, 87.353°E.
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- LGD code
- 244747
- Pincode
- 803114
- Post office
- Parwalpur
- Population
- 5,059
- Households
- 763
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Sex ratio
- 894 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,311
- Distance to district centre
- 132 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Patna
- 227 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 310 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakshmipur Bhorang · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Meharma Hospital · 2 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलनेत
Sonchri ची तुलना
By population, Sonchri ranks #4 of 23 villages in Parbalpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.9%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Sonchri
- 60.9%
- Parbalpur mandal
- 58.3%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
894
−23 vs mandal average
- Sonchri
- 894
- Parbalpur mandal
- 917
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Sonchri
- 6.6
- Parbalpur mandal
- 6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonchri एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
Sonchri हे बिहारच्या नालंदा जिल्ह्यातील Parbalpur ब्लॉकमधील 5,059 लोकसंख्येचे 763 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Parbalpur ब्लॉकमधील 23 गावांत 4वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 61% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 58% पेक्षा 3 गुण जास्त आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 894 स्त्रिया. हे नालंदा जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 132 किमी, जवळचे शहर Sundarpurपासून 12 किमी, Lakshmipur Bhorang रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 10 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 803114 आहे, Parwalpur पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 244747 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Meharma Hospital, 2 किमी अंतरावर. सरपंच SONI DEVI आहेत. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 5,965, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonchri
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIHARSHARIF
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 21
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mai
- Total area (ha)
- 489
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 134.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonchri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
मुख्य माहिती — Sonchri
- LGD code
- 244747
- Pincode
- 803114
- Post office
- Parwalpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,059
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,965
- Households
- 763
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 894
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.20457°N, 87.35250°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Parbalpur
जाण्याचा मार्ग
Sonchri ला कसे जायचे
शहरांपासूनचे अंतर · सरळ रेषा
- Patna227 kmcapital
- Kolkata310 km
- Delhi1074 km
- Hyderabad1264 km
प्रकारानुसार जवळचे · प्रदेशात कुठेही
- Railway stationLakshmipur Bhorang10 km
- Hospital / PHCMeharma Hospital2 km
- ATM / banksbi29 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur32 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station38 km
तोच पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 803114
Sonchri जवळची गावे
Parbalpur मंडळ मधील इतर गावे
View all 23 →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)