Sohad observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Sohad ranks #137 of 191 villages in Badnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sohad is a village of 606 people in 122 households (Census 2011) in Badnagar tehsil, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, the 137th-largest of 191 villages in Badnagar tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Ujjain district centre, 3 km from Gautampura Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 456771, served by Barnagar post office; the LGD village code is 472092. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC Gautmpura, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Madhusudan Pandya, and the village votes in Badnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Uday Singh Pandya. The population is estimated at 714 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Daulatpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sohad · this village | 606 | 67% | — |
| Sohad · Jabalpur | 957 | 50% | 0 km N |
| Daulatpura · Dhar | 460 | 40% | 0.5 km E |
| Daulatpur · Badnagar | 640 | 84% | 1.3 km E |
| Bhandtilawali · Badnagar | 292 | 88% | 2 km SW |
| Pacholi · Badnagar | 207 | 69% | 2.5 km S |
| Lakhesara · Badnagar | 1,188 | 63% | 2.5 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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.
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