# Somosar Village, Nawanagar, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nawanagar, Buxar 

# Somosar

Somosar is a village in Nawanagar sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **698 people in 86 households**, the 62nd largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.6%.

- 698people (2011)
- 86households
- 63.8%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Somosar PIN code and other codes

Somosar falls in Nawanagar sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKarsar
- Community development blockNawanagar
- Census village code248920

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Somosar from nearby towns?

- Nawanagar (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)43 km by road
- Domraon (nearest town)28 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Somosar?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Somosar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Barasath
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Piprarh
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sonbarisa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Somosar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 55 hectares of village land is sown, and 51 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Somosar

Of every 100 households in Somosar in 2011, 15 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Somosar · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**83%

Tap water ****4%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****50%**

**52%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Somosar?

■ Somosar · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**66.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**941

Working population ****23.9%**

**29.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 50.7% for women. 42% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 10 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nawanagar

- Usra737 people
- Patar Kona734 people
- Bararhi708 people
- Nokhpur707 people
- Gorhiya687 people
- Panrepur Pheku653 people
- Kharaumiyan651 people
- Dihupur642 people

[All 107 villages in Nawanagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/nawanagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Somosar from Buxar?43 km by road
- What is the population of Somosar?698 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Somosar in?Buxar district (Nawanagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Somosar?63.8% (Census 2011)