# Sohgaon Village, Pakhanjur, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Pakhanjur, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Sohgaon

Sohgaon is a village in Pakhanjur sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497339**. The 2011 Census counted **484 people in 94 households**, the 120th largest of 299 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 484people (2011)
- 94households
- 62.7%literacy
- 497339PIN code

## Sohgaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sohgaon is 497339.** Sohgaon falls in Pakhanjur sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497339
- Gram panchayatSham Nagar
- Community development blockKoyalibeda
- Census village code448292

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

## How far is Sohgaon from nearby towns?

- Pakhanjur (sub-district HQ)0 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)127 km by road
- Pakhanjur (nearest town)140 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 Sohgaon?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pakhanjur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pakhanjur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Pakhanjur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 15 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 Sohgaon known for?

About 64% of the 448 hectares of village land is sown, and 85 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 Sohgaon

Of every 100 households in Sohgaon in 2011, 85 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sohgaon · ■ Pakhanjur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**78%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****24%**

**42%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**14%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Sohgaon?

■ Sohgaon · ■ Pakhanjur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1200**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1643**

**981

Working population ****44.0%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 56.4% for women. 58% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 55 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (14%) · **■** Other work 34 (16%) · **■** Marginal 95 (45%)

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 Pakhanjur

- Kamalpur497 people
- Tarunnagar492 people
- Chitranjan Nagar489 people
- Radhapur487 people
- Achin Nagar483 people
- Goutampur483 people
- Kurusbodi479 people
- Bhingidar472 people

[All 301 villages in Pakhanjur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/pakhanjur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sohgaon?497339
- How far is Sohgaon from Kanker?127 km by road
- What is the population of Sohgaon?484 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohgaon in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Pakhanjur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Sohgaon?62.7% (Census 2011)