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Sohgara Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Sohgara is a medium size village located in Kandi Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 200 families residing. The Sohgara village has population of 1146 of which 628 are males while 518 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohgara village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 12.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohgara village is 825 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohgara as per census is 853, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sohgara village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohgara village was 75.27 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sohgara Male literacy stands at 88.43 % while female literacy rate was 59.25 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sohgara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sohgara village.

Sohgara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 200 - -
Population 1,146 628 518
Child (0-6) 139 75 64
Schedule Caste 912 495 417
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.27 % 88.43 % 59.25 %
Total Workers 446 278 168
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 275 122 153

Caste Factor

In Sohgara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 79.58 % of total population in Sohgara village. The village Sohgara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sohgara village out of total population, 446 were engaged in work activities. 38.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 446 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.