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Chhattisgarh sugar mill distributes 50 kg sugar to over 11,000 shareholder farmers at Rs 30/kg
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sonpuri is a village in Bilha mandal, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, comprising 277 residents in 65 households. The village has a literacy rate of 57.4% and postal code 495224, situated at 21.363°N, 80.503°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kamta Prsad Joshi
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- LGD code
- 439002
- Pincode
- 495224
- Post office
- Bilha
- Population
- 277
- Households
- 65
- Literacy rate
- 57.4%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 134
- Distance to district centre
- 143 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 177 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 #55 of 57 villages in Bilha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.4%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Sonpuri
- 57.4%
- Bilha mandal
- 54.8%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
−7 vs mandal average
- Sonpuri
- 979
- Bilha mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Sonpuri
- 4.3
- Bilha mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonpuri at a glance
Sonpuri is a village of 277 people in 65 households (Census 2011) in Bilha tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 55th-largest of 57 villages in Bilha tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 143 km from the Bilaspur district centre, 7 km from Salekasa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495224, served by Bilha post office; the LGD village code is 439002. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Salekasa, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Kamta Prsad Joshi, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 327 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 (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BILHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MURKUTA
- Total area (ha)
- 153.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 23.09
- 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
- 439002
- Pincode
- 495224
- Post office
- Bilha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 277
- Population (projected 2026)
- 327
- Households
- 65
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 57.4%
- 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
- Kamta Prsad Joshi
- Block / Mandal
- Bilha
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
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