# Sonbarsa Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Sonbarsa

Sonbarsa is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,170 people in 220 households**, the 67th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,170people (2011)
- 220households
- 55.2%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Sonbarsa PIN code and other codes

Sonbarsa falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMahui
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216319

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

## How far is Sonbarsa from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)60 km by road
- Ramnagar (nearest town)15 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 Sonbarsa?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Sonbarsa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Sonbarsa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 247 hectares of village land is sown, and 41 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 Sonbarsa

Of every 100 households in Sonbarsa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonbarsa · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Sonbarsa?

■ Sonbarsa · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1090**

**959

Working population ****48.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 40.8% for women. 51% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (50%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 20 (4%) · **■** Marginal 230 (40%)

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 Gaunaha

- Balua1,201 people
- Majharia1,188 people
- Dhanauji1,186 people
- Rajpur1,174 people
- Harpur1,136 people
- Mitni1,133 people
- Serhua1,128 people
- Marjadi1,124 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonbarsa from Bettiah?60 km by road
- What is the population of Sonbarsa?1,170 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonbarsa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sonbarsa?55.2% (Census 2011)