# Sohar Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sohar

Sohar is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,893 people in 841 households**, the 13th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 4,893people (2011)
- 841households
- 52.0%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sohar

Of every 100 households in Sohar in 2011, 40 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sohar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**78%

Tap water ****8%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****32%**

**19%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**28%

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 Sohar?

■ Sohar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**943

Working population ****35.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.5% for men and 47.2% for women. 51% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 322 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 428 (25%) · **■** Household industry 195 (11%) · **■** Other work 321 (18%) · **■** Marginal 475 (27%)

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 Karandighi

- Kochara5,256 people
- Bhulki5,193 people
- Andharia5,011 people
- Kamartor4,995 people
- Fatepur4,676 people
- Bhabanipur4,509 people
- Lahutara4,324 people
- Dulepur4,273 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sohar?4,893 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sohar?52.0% (Census 2011)