# Sohda Village, Rajauli, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Rajauli, Nawada 

# Sohda

Sohda is a village in Rajauli sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,221 people in 190 households**, the 36th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.0%.

- 1,221people (2011)
- 190households
- 41.8%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Sohda PIN code and other codes

Sohda falls in Rajauli sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSirodabar
- Community development blockRajauli
- Census village code258396

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

## How far is Sohda from nearby towns?

- Rajauli (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)34 km by road
- Rajauli (nearest town)6 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 Sohda?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Sohda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Rajauli
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Rajauli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Sohda known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 53% of the 123 hectares of village land is sown, and 63 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 Sohda

Of every 100 households in Sohda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sohda · ■ Rajauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**31%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****16%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**36%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Sohda?

■ Sohda · ■ Rajauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.8%**

**57.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**945

Working population ****41.8%**

**38.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.4% for men and 33.3% for women. 49% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (15%) · **■** Household industry 108 (21%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 166 (33%)

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 Rajauli

- Mangodih Gangtia1,325 people
- Bajida1,317 people
- Dumarkol1,298 people
- Amba1,284 people
- Bhupatpur1,213 people
- Hatho Chak1,198 people
- Baurhi Kalan1,195 people
- Ramdasi1,195 people

[All 163 villages in Rajauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/rajauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sohda from Nawada?34 km by road
- What is the population of Sohda?1,221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohda in?Nawada district (Rajauli sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sohda?41.8% (Census 2011)
