# Sokhodewara Village, Kawakol, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kawakol, Nawada 

# Sokhodewara

Sokhodewara is a village in Kawakol sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **8,537 people in 1,428 households**, the 3rd largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.1%.

- 8,537people (2011)
- 1,428households
- 48.9%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Sokhodewara PIN code and other codes

Sokhodewara falls in Kawakol sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSokhodebra
- Community development blockKawakol
- Census village code257774

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

## How far is Sokhodewara from nearby towns?

- Kawakol (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)40 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)40 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 Sokhodewara?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Sokhodewara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 4 h winter

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 Sokhodewara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 11% of the 1,611 hectares of village land is sown, and 105 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 Sokhodewara

Of every 100 households in Sokhodewara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sokhodewara · ■ Kawakol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****42%**

**33%

Television ****4%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**40%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sokhodewara?

■ Sokhodewara · ■ Kawakol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.9%**

**47.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**928

Working population ****32.4%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 34.1% for women. 44% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 514 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,188 (43%) · **■** Household industry 35 (1%) · **■** Other work 234 (8%) · **■** Marginal 793 (29%)

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 Kawakol

- Dewangarh13,073 people
- Kauakol12,198 people
- Madhurapur7,762 people
- Majhila7,621 people
- Sarauni7,159 people
- Paharpur6,310 people

[All 48 villages in Kawakol](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/kawakol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sokhodewara from Nawada?40 km by road
- What is the population of Sokhodewara?8,537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sokhodewara in?Nawada district (Kawakol sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sokhodewara?48.9% (Census 2011)