Sonpura is a village in Meskaur mandal, Nawada district, Bihar, with a population of 1,263 across 194 households. The literacy rate is 51.6%, and the village is located at coordinates 24.504°N, 83.797°E with PIN code 805122.
By population, Sonpura ranks #28 of 60 villages in Meskaur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonpura is a village of 1,263 people in 194 households (Census 2011) in Meskaur block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 28th-largest of 60 villages in Meskaur block. Literacy is 52%, 3 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. It lies 268 km from the Nawada district centre, 5 km from Nauhatta, the nearest town, 11 km from Kosiara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805122, served by Narhat post office; the LGD village code is 258216. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hare Krisna Hospital, 19 km away. The sarpanch is basant pasi, and the village votes in Begusarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kundan Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,489 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Badosar →
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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