# Sosokhas Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Sosokhas

Sosokhas is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,820 people in 353 households**, the 25th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,820people (2011)
- 353households
- 60.4%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sosokhas

Of every 100 households in Sosokhas in 2011, 31 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sosokhas · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****12%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****8%**

**30%

Television ****18%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sosokhas?

■ Sosokhas · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**951

Working population ****48.0%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 42.0% for women. 51% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 174 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (13%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (6%) · **■** Marginal 528 (60%)

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 Bagmundi

- Deuli1,908 people
- Dhanudi1,902 people
- Dhekia1,897 people
- Raydi1,874 people
- Atna1,751 people
- Sopa1,674 people
- Ajodhya1,648 people
- Parsa1,614 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sosokhas?1,820 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sosokhas in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sosokhas?60.4% (Census 2011)