Softa is a village in Bhander mandal, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,467 across 338 households with a literacy rate of 70.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sitesh yadav
Contact: 89****9860
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LGD code
454919
Pincode
475335
Post office
Bhandair
Population
1,467
Households
338
Literacy rate
70.1%
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000♂
Workers
667
Distance to district centre
31 km
Distance to mandal centre
12 km
Distance to Bhopal
316 km
Distance to Delhi
347 km
Nearest railway station
Moth · 20 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Renu Sharma Hospital · 20 km
વસ્તી ગણતરી 2011 · સરખામણીમાં
Softa ની સરખામણી
By population, Softa ranks #23 of 154 villages in Bhander mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
+4.1% vs mandal average
Softa
70.1%
Bhander mandal
66.0%
Datia district
62.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
869
−3 vs mandal average
Softa
869
Bhander mandal
872
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
Softa
4.3
Bhander mandal
4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Softa એક નજરે
Softa એ Madhya Pradeshના Datia જિલ્લાના Bhander તહસીલમાં 1,467 લોકોની વસ્તી 338 કુટુંબોમાં (વસ્તી ગણતરી 2011) ધરાવતું ગામ છે, જે Bhander તહસીલના 154 ગામોમાં 23મું મોટું છે. સાક્ષરતા 70% છે, તહસીલ સરેરાશ 66% કરતાં 4 પોઇન્ટ વધુ અને જાતિ પ્રમાણ દર 1,000 પુરુષોએ 869 સ્ત્રીઓ. તે Datia જિલ્લા મથકથી 31 કિમી, નજીકના નગર Jauriથી 20 કિમી, Moth રેલવે સ્ટેશનથી 20 કિમી આવેલું છે (સીધી રેખાનું અંતર). પિનકોડ 475335 છે, Bhandair પોસ્ટ ઓફિસ હેઠળ; LGD ગામ કોડ 454919 છે. નજીકની હોસ્પિટલ Renu Sharma Hospital, 20 કિમી દૂર. સરપંચ sitesh yadav છે; ગામ Bhander વિધાનસભા મતવિસ્તારમાં આવે છે, ધારાસભ્ય Phool Singh Baraiya. 2026માં અંદાજિત વસ્તી 1,730, 2011 કરતાં 18% વધુ.
Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-08
Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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Demographics — Census 2011 + 2026 estimate + NFHS-5
Population, education, health & sanitation
India's last full census was 2011 · 2026 figures are RGI projections · NFHS-5 (2019-21) covers the Datia district level
Then & Now
Softa — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,467
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
1,730
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
338
Census 2011 baseline
+18.0%
Households · 2026
399
RGI / state CAGR projection
2011 = decadal Census of India. 2026 = forward-projection from state-level CAGR — working estimate, refines when the next Census publishes.
Census 2011
Canonical baseline · last full census · village-level
Population
1,467Census 2011
Households
338Census 2011
Literacy rate
70.1%Census 2011
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
1,7302026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
3992026 projection
Active job cards
43,886MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
19,857MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate
5,64,02,812ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
658NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
71.2%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
99.8%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
66.8%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
—NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
58.6%NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
59.1%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Datia district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,15,287PMAY-G · 37,15,287 of 49,89,236 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Datia district
Toilets builtdistrict level
5,79,642Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Datia district
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.