# Sonapur Village, Baisa, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Baisa, Purnia 

# Sonapur

Sonapur is a village in Baisa sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,134 people in 229 households**, the 71st largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 43.3%.

- 1,134people (2011)
- 229households
- 53.3%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Sonapur PIN code and other codes

Sonapur falls in Baisa sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKaujia
- Community development blockBaisa
- Census village code223926

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

## How far is Sonapur from nearby towns?

- Baisa (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)70 km by road
- Kishanganj (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 Sonapur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Sonapur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kankai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Sonapur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 67% of the 168 hectares of village land is sown, and 76 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 Sonapur

Of every 100 households in Sonapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sonapur · ■ Baisa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**20%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****8%**

**14%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sonapur?

■ Sonapur · ■ Baisa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**43.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**950

Working population ****48.5%**

**28.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 34.9% for women. 54% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 175 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 307 (56%)

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 Baisa

- Sila Raghunathpur1,188 people
- Bardiha1,174 people
- Kanhaur1,153 people
- Mahnaro Istamrar1,144 people
- Panki Milik1,133 people
- Budhiar1,066 people
- Kabaia1,018 people
- Uphrail971 people

[All 132 villages in Baisa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/baisa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonapur from Purnia?70 km by road
- What is the population of Sonapur?1,134 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonapur in?Purnia district (Baisa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sonapur?53.3% (Census 2011)