# Sohaura Khurd Village, Pathankot, Gurdaspur (Punjab)

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Village · Pathankot, Gurdaspur 

# Sohaura Khurd

Sohaura Khurd is a village in Pathankot sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **143534**. The 2011 Census counted **1,619 people in 306 households**, the 57th largest of 336 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.7%.

- 1,619people (2011)
- 306households
- 82.1%literacy
- 143534PIN code

## Sohaura Khurd PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sohaura Khurd is 143534.** Sohaura Khurd falls in Pathankot sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab.

- PIN code143534
- Gram panchayatSohra Khurd, Maini Abadi Saroha Khurd
- Community development blockNarot Jaimal Singh
- Census village code027609

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

## How far is Sohaura Khurd from nearby towns?

- Pathankot (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Gurdaspur (district HQ)26 km by road
- Pathankot (nearest town)15 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 Sohaura Khurd?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Sohaura Khurd; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kiri Khurd
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pathankot
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gurdaspur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 Sohaura Khurd known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 90% of the 428 hectares of village land is sown, and 387 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 Sohaura Khurd

Of every 100 households in Sohaura Khurd in 2011, 99 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 50 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sohaura Khurd · ■ Pathankot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**68%

Tap water ****17%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**81%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****50%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****47%**

**44%

Use banking services ****83%**

**67%

Television ****80%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**37%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

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

**6%

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 Sohaura Khurd?

■ Sohaura Khurd · ■ Pathankot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**81.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**828

Working population ****28.0%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 77.4% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (13%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 264 (58%) · **■** Marginal 16 (4%)

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 Pathankot

- Gobindsar1,660 people
- Basroop1,634 people
- Ghiala1,633 people
- Saidipur1,629 people
- Man Singhpur1,615 people
- Farida Nagar1,614 people
- Baknaur1,587 people
- Jindrai1,552 people

[All 370 villages in Pathankot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/pathankot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sohaura Khurd?143534
- How far is Sohaura Khurd from Gurdaspur?26 km by road
- What is the population of Sohaura Khurd?1,619 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohaura Khurd in?Gurdaspur district (Pathankot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Sohaura Khurd?82.1% (Census 2011)
