Sonchri is a village in Parbalpur mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar, with a population of 5,059 across 763 households. It has the highest literacy rate among the listed villages at 60.9% and is located at coordinates 25.205°N, 87.353°E.
By population, Sonchri ranks #4 of 23 villages in Parbalpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonchri is a village of 5,059 people in 763 households (Census 2011) in Parbalpur block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 23 villages in Parbalpur block. Literacy is 61%, 3 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 132 km from the Nalanda district centre, 12 km from Sundarpur, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 803114, served by Parwalpur post office; the LGD village code is 244747. The sarpanch is SONI DEVI. The population is estimated at 5,965 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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