By population, Sonwan ranks #9 of 56 villages in Ghoshi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonwan is a village of 3,505 people in 517 households (Census 2011) in Ghoshi block, Jehanabad district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 56 villages in Ghoshi block. Literacy is 56%, 3 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 804406, served by Ghosi (Jehanabad) post office; the LGD village code is 260439. The sarpanch is KANCHAN KUMARI, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 4,132 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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