Sonpur community development block


Sonpur Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in Saran district. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer. It is the second largest Block of Saran district in terms of population. A community development block covers several gram panchayats, Panchayat Samiti, Primary Agricultural Co-operative societies and other local administrative unit at the village level. It is represented by Sonpur Vidhan Sabha constituency in Bihar Legislative Assembly and Saran Lok Sabha constituency in Indian parliament.
Currently, C.D.Blocks are administrative units of 3rd level in Bihar state of India. Sonpur nagar panchayat was established in 2002. The civic body election in Sonpur nagar panchayat was held in May 2017. The term of office-bearers is for 5 years.
The real estate land prices soared in Sonepur after the start of construction of Digha–Sonpur rail–cum–road bridge in 2002. Real estate companies like RAV solutions pvt. ltd, tcw realty pvt ltd, Phenomenal Projects are acquiring large chunk of land and selling it by dividing those into small plots. Sonpur Block has 98 villages. Sonpur Sub-division consists of Sonepur, Parsa, Garkha, Dighwara, Dariapur blocks. Sonpur Block has 23 Village Panchayats and 73 villages.

Demographics

Sonpur Block of Saran district has population of 232,340. 14% people lives in Urban areas while 86% lives in the Rural areas. Currently there are 20 community development blocks in the district. As of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation 2009 report and 2011 Census, these were the findings.
Block NameSCSTGeneral and OBCTotal
Sonpur2240079209861232340

Gram Panchayats

Sonpur block has 1 Nagar Panchayat and 23 Gram Panchayats. Number of villages is 116.
They are:
  1. Dumri Bujurg
  2. Hasilpur
  3. Nayagaon
  4. Rasulpur
  5. Gopalpur
  6. Chaturpur
  7. Parmanandpur
  8. Govindchak
  9. Saidpur
  10. Kasmar
  11. Kharika
  12. Gangajal
  13. Bharpura
  14. Shahpur Diyara
  15. Jahangirpur
  16. Dudhaila
  17. Shikarpur village, Saran district
  18. Kalyanpur village, Saran district
  19. Najarmira
  20. Sabalpur Uttari
  21. Sabalpur Pashchimi
  22. Sabalpur Madhyavarti
  23. Sabalpur Purvi