Sonela is a village in Pranpur mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 951 across 204 households. The village has a literacy rate of 57.3%.
By population, Sonela ranks #48 of 85 villages in Pranpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonela is a village of 951 people in 204 households (Census 2011) in Pranpur block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 48th-largest of 85 villages in Pranpur block. Literacy is 57%, 15 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 73 km from the Katihar district centre, 20 km from Kusaha, the nearest town, 1 km from Sajha Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854116, served by Mahadevpur (Katihar) post office; the LGD village code is 225409. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Kumaripur, 8 km away. The village votes in Pranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nisha Singh. The population is estimated at 1,121 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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