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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJU KUMAR YADAV
Contact: 97****9976
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- LGD code
- 222059
- Pincode
- 854329
- Post office
- Jokihat
- Population
- 1,605
- Households
- 331
- Literacy rate
- 53%
- Sex ratio
- 902 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 467
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Sohandar താരതമ്യം
By population, Sohandar ranks #54 of 107 villages in Palasi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.0%
+11.2% vs mandal average
- Sohandar
- 53.0%
- Palasi mandal
- 41.8%
- Araria district
- 42.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
902
−26 vs mandal average
- Sohandar
- 902
- Palasi mandal
- 928
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Sohandar
- 4.8
- Palasi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sohandar ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Sohandar ബിഹാർയിലെ അരാരിയ ജില്ല, Palasi ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 1,605 പേർ 331 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Palasi ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 107 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 54-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 53%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 42% നേക്കാൾ 11 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 902 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 854329, Jokihat പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 222059. പ്രസിഡന്റ് RAJU KUMAR YADAV; ഗ്രാമം Mahishi നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Gautam Krishna. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 1,892, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Sohan Dar →
സമീപ ഗ്രാമങ്ങളുടെ താരതമ്യം
അടുത്തടുത്ത് താരതമ്യം →| ഗ്രാമം | ജനസംഖ്യ | സാക്ഷരത | ദൂരം |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sohandar · ഈ ഗ്രാമം | 1,605 | 53% | — |
| Bhadauna · Palasi | 2,054 | 44% | — |
| Budhi · Palasi | 1,245 | 51% | — |
| Goshainpur · Palasi | 844 | 49% | — |
| Khutti · Palasi | 290 | 35% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sohandar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- ARARIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sohandar
- Total area (ha)
- 172
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 73.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sohandar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Sohandar
- LGD code
- 222059
- Pincode
- 854329
- Post office
- Jokihat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,605
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,892
- Households
- 331
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 902
- Literacy rate
- 53.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahishi
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gautam Krishna
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAJU KUMAR YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Palasi
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 854329
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Sohandar
Palasi മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)