# Sondhi Village, Ramgarh Chowk, Lakhisarai (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Ramgarh Chowk, Lakhisarai 

# Sondhi

Sondhi is a village in Ramgarh Chowk sub-district of Lakhisarai district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,686 people in 285 households**, the 20th largest of 31 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.8%.

- 1,686people (2011)
- 285households
- 61.4%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Sondhi PIN code and other codes

Sondhi falls in Ramgarh Chowk sub-district, Lakhisarai district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSharma
- Community development blockRamgarh Chowk
- Census village code243718

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sondhi from nearby towns?

- Ramgarh Chowk (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Lakhisarai (district HQ)8 km by road
- Lakhisarai (nearest town)8 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sondhi?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Sondhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sarma
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Lakhisarai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Munger
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sondhi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 92% of the 110 hectares of village land is sown, and 101 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sondhi

Of every 100 households in Sondhi in 2011, 52 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sondhi · ■ Ramgarh Chowk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**36%

Television ****17%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**39%

Own their home ****88%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sondhi?

■ Sondhi · ■ Ramgarh Chowk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**63.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**918

Working population ****34.9%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 53.7% for women. 45% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 138 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (5%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 395 (67%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Ramgarh Chowk

- Dakra1,986 people
- Bartara1,908 people
- garsanda1,824 people
- Bakiabad1,740 people
- Bartara1,650 people
- Bhamaria1,601 people
- Shahnagar1,526 people
- Sawan Kherawan1,481 people

[All 32 villages in Ramgarh Chowk](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/lakhisarai/ramgarh-chowk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sondhi from Lakhisarai?8 km by road
- What is the population of Sondhi?1,686 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sondhi in?Lakhisarai district (Ramgarh Chowk sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sondhi?61.4% (Census 2011)