# Sonbhanga Village, Dagarua, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Dagarua, Purnia 

# Sonbhanga

Sonbhanga is a village in Dagarua sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **355 people in 92 households**, the 120th largest of 140 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.6%.

- 355people (2011)
- 92households
- 43.6%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Sonbhanga PIN code and other codes

Sonbhanga falls in Dagarua sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChanpi
- Community development blockDagarua
- Census village code224135

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

## How far is Sonbhanga from nearby towns?

- Dagarua (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)26 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)26 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 Sonbhanga?

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

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Dhanuk Tola
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dagarua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Sonbhanga known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 80% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 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 Sonbhanga

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

■ Sonbhanga · ■ Dagarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**38%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****17%**

**21%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sonbhanga?

■ Sonbhanga · ■ Dagarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.6%**

**45.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**975

Working population ****28.5%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.5% for men and 31.2% for women. 53% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (96%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Dagarua

- Teghra403 people
- Rampur394 people
- Shahkol375 people
- Bahadurpur366 people
- Mirpur353 people
- Tengari334 people
- Lachhmipur274 people
- Japharpur269 people

[All 154 villages in Dagarua](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/dagarua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonbhanga from Purnia?26 km by road
- What is the population of Sonbhanga?355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonbhanga in?Purnia district (Dagarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sonbhanga?43.6% (Census 2011)