By population, Sonar Chak ranks #9 of 195 villages in Pathargama mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonar Chak is a village of 2,021 people in 394 households (Census 2011) in Pathargama block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 9th-largest of 195 villages in Pathargama block. Literacy is 68%, 18 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 831 women per 1,000 men. It lies 73 km from the Godda district centre, 7 km from Saidpur, the nearest town, 2 km from Murli Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814147, served by Pathergama post office; the LGD village code is 356887. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital , Chhota Chitolia, 5 km away. The sarpanch is KARN KUMAR SINGH. The population is estimated at 2,383 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonarchak →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar Chak · this village | 2,021 | 68% | — |
| Sonar Chak · Rajmahal | 172 | 50% | 0 km N |
| Chunakhali · Rajmahal | 68 | 22% | 0.5 km NW |
| Sonarchak Chhota · Rajmahal | 0 | — | 0.6 km S |
| Sekha Chak · Rajmahal | 433 | 43% | 0.7 km N |
| Kozigaon · Rajmahal | 627 | 49% | 0.7 km E |
| Murli (Simaldhap) · Rajmahal | 578 | 47% | 1 km SW |
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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