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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ranjay kumar
Contact: 87****7577
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- LGD code
- 348990
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 512
- Households
- 82
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 947 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 166
- Distance to district centre
- 241 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 239 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 201 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 513 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kosiara · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hare Krisna Hospital · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sonpura compares
By population, Sonpura ranks #47 of 159 villages in Itkhori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
+8.3% vs mandal average
- Sonpura
- 64.1%
- Itkhori mandal
- 55.8%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
947
−32 vs mandal average
- Sonpura
- 947
- Itkhori mandal
- 979
Household size
people per home
6.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Sonpura
- 6.2
- Itkhori mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonpura at a glance
Sonpura is a village of 512 people in 82 households (Census 2011) in Itkhori block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 47th-largest of 159 villages in Itkhori block. Literacy is 64%, 8 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 947 women per 1,000 men. It lies 241 km from the Chatra district centre, 5 km from Nauhatta, the nearest town, 11 km from Kosiara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 348990. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hare Krisna Hospital, 19 km away. The sarpanch is ranjay kumar. The population is estimated at 604 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sonpura
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 36
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KONI
- Total area (ha)
- 55
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sonpura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sonpura
- LGD code
- 348990
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 512
- Population (projected 2026)
- 604
- Households
- 82
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 947
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.50392°N, 83.79678°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ranjay kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Itkhori
Getting there
How to reach Sonpura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi201 kmcapital
- Kolkata513 km
- Delhi799 km
- Hyderabad964 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKosiara11 km
- Hospital / PHCHare Krisna Hospital19 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump39 km
- CollegeYodh Singh Namdhari Mahila Mahavidyalaya58 km
- Police stationSSB camp59 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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