Sonapur is a village in Matihani mandal, Begusarai district, Bihar. It has a population of 15,754 across 3,311 households with a literacy rate of 51.5%. The village is located at coordinates 25.989°N, 87.842°E and has PIN code 851129.
By population, Sonapur ranks #3 of 57 villages in Matihani mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonapur is a village of 15,754 people in 3,311 households (Census 2011) in Matihani block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 57 villages in Matihani block. Literacy is 52%, 2 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 149 km from the Begusarai district centre, 0 km from Sonapur, the nearest town, 3 km from Kanki railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 851129, served by Mirzapur Banduar post office; the LGD village code is 238457. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chakulia Rural Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is USHA DEVI, and the village votes in Alauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Sada.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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