# Sohair Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sohair

Sohair is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,381 people in 799 households**, the 15th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 3,381people (2011)
- 799households
- 66.5%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sohair

Of every 100 households in Sohair in 2011, 20 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sohair · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sohair?

■ Sohair · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**955

Working population ****30.1%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 60.8% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 377 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 441 (43%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 107 (11%) · **■** Marginal 89 (9%)

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 Itahar

- Chhilimpur3,941 people
- Palaibari3,752 people
- Bariol3,497 people
- Shurun3,450 people
- Hasua3,358 people
- Balijol3,323 people
- Baidara3,237 people
- Damdalia3,191 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sohair?3,381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohair in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sohair?66.5% (Census 2011)