# Sohai Village, Imamganj, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/imamganj/sohai/

Village · Imamganj, Gaya 

# Sohai

Sohai is a village in Imamganj sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,119 people in 155 households**, the 60th largest of 184 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 1,119people (2011)
- 155households
- 52.4%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Sohai PIN code and other codes

Sohai falls in Imamganj sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBiraj
- Community development blockImamganj
- Census village code255970

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

## How far is Sohai from nearby towns?

- Imamganj (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)85 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town)52 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 Sohai?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Sohai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Kothi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kothi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sherghati
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Sohai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and pulse**. About 82% of the 217 hectares of village land is sown, and 142 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 Sohai

Of every 100 households in Sohai in 2011, 1 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sohai · ■ Imamganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**34%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sohai?

■ Sohai · ■ Imamganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.4%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1248**

**991

Working population ****59.2%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 42.7% for women. 61% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 319 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (23%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 123 (19%) · **■** Marginal 59 (9%)

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 Imamganj

- Rohwe1,191 people
- Barhai Khap1,152 people
- Pathra1,142 people
- Shiva1,135 people
- Binayka1,096 people
- Gejna1,084 people
- Alinagar1,083 people
- Herhanj995 people

[All 195 villages in Imamganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/imamganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sohai from Gaya?85 km by road
- What is the population of Sohai?1,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohai in?Gaya district (Imamganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sohai?52.4% (Census 2011)