# Sohag Pur Village, Bishnah, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Bishnah, Jammu 

# Sohag Pur

Sohag Pur is a village in Bishnah sub-district of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **181131**. The 2011 Census counted **786 people in 172 households**, the 45th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 786people (2011)
- 172households
- 83.6%literacy
- 181131PIN code

## Sohag Pur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sohag Pur is 181131.** Sohag Pur falls in Bishnah sub-district, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code181131
- Gram panchayatPachel
- Community development blockBishnah
- Census village code006256

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

## How far is Sohag Pur from nearby towns?

- Bishnah (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Jammu (district HQ)30 km by road
- Bishnah (nearest town)12 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 Sohag Pur?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Sohag Pur; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Arnia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bishnah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jammu
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Sohag Pur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 69% of the 121 hectares of village land is sown, and 75 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 Sohag Pur

Of every 100 households in Sohag Pur in 2011, 99 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 45 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Sohag Pur · ■ Bishnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**76%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**85%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****45%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**44%

Use banking services ****91%**

**82%

Television ****86%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**35%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**5%

None of these assets ****5%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Sohag Pur?

■ Sohag Pur · ■ Bishnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**746

Working population ****27.9%**

**27.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 74.5% for women. 49% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 45 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 146 (67%) · **■** Marginal 19 (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 Bishnah

- Karyal Brahamana806 people
- Pandori Manhasan804 people
- Kotha792 people
- Adlehar788 people
- Jhumian Jatan739 people
- Morecha Pur734 people
- Chak Waziro Brahmana685 people
- Syed Garh680 people

[All 116 villages in Bishnah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/bishnah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sohag Pur?181131
- How far is Sohag Pur from Jammu?30 km by road
- What is the population of Sohag Pur?786 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohag Pur in?Jammu district (Bishnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Sohag Pur?83.6% (Census 2011)
