# Sohai Village, Deganga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sohai

Sohai is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,858 people in 1,082 households**, the 14th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 4,858people (2011)
- 1,082households
- 72.2%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sohai

Of every 100 households in Sohai in 2011, 37 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sohai · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**8%

Tap water ****44%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****35%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Sohai?

■ Sohai · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**969

Working population ****32.1%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 68.0% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 292 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 729 (47%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 302 (19%) · **■** Marginal 227 (15%)

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 Deganga

- Subarnapur6,380 people
- Abjan Nagar5,544 people
- Kaliani5,525 people
- Nandipara Kuchemora4,936 people
- Keadanga4,682 people
- Matikumra4,651 people
- Biswanathpur4,585 people
- Basudebpur4,580 people

[All 107 villages in Deganga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/deganga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sohai?4,858 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohai in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sohai?72.2% (Census 2011)