# Somai Village, Orai, Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Orai, Jalaun 

# Somai

Somai is a village in Orai sub-district of Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,563 people in 466 households**, the 23rd largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 2,563people (2011)
- 466households
- 79.1%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Somai

Of every 100 households in Somai in 2011, 28 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Somai · ■ Orai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**65%

Tap water ****5%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****96%**

**78%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

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

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Somai?

■ Somai · ■ Orai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**860

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**875

Working population ****35.1%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 67.5% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 326 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 254 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 128 (14%) · **■** Marginal 188 (21%)

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 Orai

- Dhurat2,789 people
- Barsar2,662 people
- Ruraaddu2,635 people
- Timron2,608 people
- Minora Orai2,561 people
- Bohadpura2,523 people
- Akorhi2,498 people
- Goran2,419 people

[All 157 villages in Orai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jalaun/orai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Somai?2,563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Somai in?Jalaun district (Orai sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Somai?79.1% (Census 2011)