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Sothiawan Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Sothiawan is a large village located in Vidyapati Nagar Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 993 families residing. The Sothiawan village has population of 5737 of which 3027 are males while 2710 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sothiawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 1116 which makes up 19.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sothiawan village is 895 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sothiawan as per census is 866, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sothiawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sothiawan village was 44.82 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sothiawan Male literacy stands at 52.45 % while female literacy rate was 36.36 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sothiawan 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 Sothiawan village.

Sothiawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 993 - -
Population 5,737 3,027 2,710
Child (0-6) 1,116 598 518
Schedule Caste 691 365 326
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 44.82 % 52.45 % 36.36 %
Total Workers 1,930 1,448 482
Main Worker 1,310 - -
Marginal Worker 620 396 224

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.04 % of total population in Sothiawan village. The village Sothiawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sothiawan village out of total population, 1930 were engaged in work activities. 67.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1930 workers engaged in Main Work, 460 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 632 were Agricultural labourer.