# Sohara Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Sohara

Sohara is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,816 people in 423 households**, the 32nd largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,816people (2011)
- 423households
- 75.0%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sohara

Of every 100 households in Sohara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sohara · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**84%

Tap water ****9%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**86%

Use banking services ****28%**

**20%

Television ****34%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**46%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Sohara?

■ Sohara · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**983

Working population ****31.8%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 69.6% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (28%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 157 (27%) · **■** Marginal 163 (28%)

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 Murarai - I

- Kalitara2,063 people
- Raghunathpur2,052 people
- Paniara1,889 people
- Dalima1,818 people
- Mahimuji1,795 people
- Sumarpur1,784 people
- Dulandi1,722 people
- Tapna1,678 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sohara?1,816 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohara in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sohara?75.0% (Census 2011)