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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sonawan is a village in Chainpur mandal, Kaimur (Bhabua) district, Bihar with a population of 445 across 79 households. It has a literacy rate of 55.1% and PIN code 821106.
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- LGD code
- 249799
- Pincode
- 821106
- Population
- 445
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 738 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 112
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 31 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonawan compares
By population, Sonawan ranks #110 of 177 villages in Chainpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Sonawan
- 55.1%
- Chainpur mandal
- 50.2%
- Kaimur (Bhabua) district
- 56.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
738
−201 vs mandal average
- Sonawan
- 738
- Chainpur mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
5.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Sonawan
- 5.6
- Chainpur mandal
- 6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Key facts — Sonawan
- LGD code
- 249799
- Pincode
- 821106
- Population (Census 2011)
- 445
- Population (projected 2026)
- 525
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 738
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.13442°N, 85.25954°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nalanda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Harnaut
- Member of Parliament
- Kaushalendra Kumar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hari Narayan Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Chainpur
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