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If the Son canal system has more water, why are Bihar’s fields still thirsty?
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA GUPTA
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- LGD code
- 251592
- Pincode
- 802215
- Post office
- Garh Nokha
- Population
- 2,354
- Households
- 366
- Literacy rate
- 56.4%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 564
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Sotawan താരതമ്യം
By population, Sotawan ranks #17 of 87 villages in Nokha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.4%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Sotawan
- 56.4%
- Nokha mandal
- 59.5%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
+2 vs mandal average
- Sotawan
- 919
- Nokha mandal
- 917
Household size
people per home
6.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Sotawan
- 6.4
- Nokha mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sotawan ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Sotawan Biharയിലെ Rohtas ജില്ല, Nokha ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 2,354 പേർ 366 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Nokha ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 87 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 17-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 56%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 60% നേക്കാൾ 3 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 919 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 802215, Garh Nokha പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 251592. പ്രസിഡന്റ് SUNITA GUPTA; ഗ്രാമം Masaurhi നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Arun Manjhi. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 2,775, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Sotwa →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sotawan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NOKHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sotwa
- Total area (ha)
- 208
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 145.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sotawan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Sotawan
- LGD code
- 251592
- Pincode
- 802215
- Post office
- Garh Nokha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,354
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,775
- Households
- 366
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 56.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Pataliputra
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Masaurhi
- Member of Parliament
- Misa Bharti
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arun Manjhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITA GUPTA
- Block / Mandal
- Nokha
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 802215
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Sotawan
Nokha മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)