Sonpur Community development block (C.D. block; Hindi: सोनपुर सामुदायिक विकास प्रखंड) is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in

Saran district Saran district is one of the 38 Districts of Bihar, districts of Indian States and territories of India, state of Bihar. The district, part of Saran Division, is also known as Chhapra district after the headquarters of the district, Chhapra. It is ...

. The area is administered by a

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. It is the second largest block of

in terms of population. A community development block covers several gram panchayats,

panchayat samiti Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government ( panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) or block level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has b ...

, Primary Agricultural Co-operative societies (PACS) and other local administrative unit at the village level. It is represented by Sonpur Vidhan Sabha constituency in

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and Saran Lok Sabha constituency in

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. Currently, C.D. blocks are administrative units of 3rd level in

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state of India (equal to

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s in other states). 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 five 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, and Phenomenal Projects are acquiring large chunks of land and selling it in small plots. Sonpur block (प्रखण्ड) has 98 villages. Sonpur Sub-division (अनुमंडल) consists of Sonepur, Parsa, Garkha, Dighwara, and Dariapur blocks. Sonpur block has 23 village panchayats and 73 villages.

Demographics

Sonpur block has a population of 232,340. 14% of the people live in urban areas while 86% live in rural areas. Currently there are 20 community development blocks in the district. As of the

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2009 report and 2011 Census, these were the findings. Sonpur block saran

Gram panchayats

Sonpur block has one nagar Panchayat and 23 gram panchayats. Number of villages is 116. They are: # Dumri Bujurg # Hasilpur # Nayagaon # Rasulpur # Gopalpur # Chaturpur # Parmanandpur # Govindchak # Saidpur # Kasmar # Kharika # Gangajal # Bharpura # Shahpur Diyara # Jahangirpur # Dudhaila # Shikarpur # Kalyanpur # Najarmira # Sabalpur Uttari # Sabalpur Pashchimi # Sabalpur Madhyavarti # Sabalpur Purvi

References

{{Reflist Community development blocks in Saran district