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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sonpuri is a village in Darhi mandal, Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh with a population of 598 across 127 households. It has a literacy rate of 58% and is located at 21.363°N, 80.503°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BALMUKUND CHANDRAKAR
Contact: 91****6832
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- LGD code
- 441890
- Pincode
- 491335
- Post office
- Bemetara
- Population
- 598
- Households
- 127
- Literacy rate
- 58%
- Sex ratio
- 993 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 273
- Distance to district centre
- 145 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 178 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 117 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 490 km
- Nearest railway station
- Salekasa · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Salekasa · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonpuri compares
By population, Sonpuri ranks #44 of 74 villages in Darhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.0%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Sonpuri
- 58.0%
- Darhi mandal
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
993
−1 vs mandal average
- Sonpuri
- 993
- Darhi mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Sonpuri
- 4.7
- Darhi mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonpuri at a glance
Sonpuri is a village of 598 people in 127 households (Census 2011) in Darhi tehsil, Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh, the 44th-largest of 74 villages in Darhi tehsil. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 993 women per 1,000 men. It lies 145 km from the Bemetara district centre, 7 km from Salekasa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491335, served by Bemetara post office; the LGD village code is 441890. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Salekasa, 7 km away. The sarpanch is BALMUKUND CHANDRAKAR, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 705 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonpuri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BEMETARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 84
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GANGPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 121.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 91.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonpuri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonpuri
- LGD code
- 441890
- Pincode
- 491335
- Post office
- Bemetara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 598
- Population (projected 2026)
- 705
- Households
- 127
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 993
- Literacy rate
- 58.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.36305°N, 80.50283°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BALMUKUND CHANDRAKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Darhi
Getting there
How to reach Sonpuri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur117 kmcapital
- Hyderabad490 km
- Kolkata822 km
- Mumbai835 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSalekasa7 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Salekasa7 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum33 km
- CollegeSmt KDM Collge34 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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