Sohjana Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Sohjana is a large village located in Islampur Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 368 families residing. The Sohjana village has population of 2284 of which 1183 are males while 1101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohjana village population of children with age 0-6 is 442 which makes up 19.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohjana village is 931 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohjana as per census is 913, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sohjana village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohjana village was 58.69 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sohjana Male literacy stands at 75.21 % while female literacy rate was 41.01 %.

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

Sohjana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	368	-	-
Population	2,284	1,183	1,101
Child (0-6)	442	231	211
Schedule Caste	731	384	347
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	58.69 %	75.21 %	41.01 %
Total Workers	907	561	346
Main Worker	710	-	-
Marginal Worker	197	91	106

Caste Factor

Sohjana village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.01 % of total population in Sohjana village. The village Sohjana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sohjana village out of total population, 907 were engaged in work activities. 78.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 907 workers engaged in Main Work, 251 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 314 were Agricultural labourer.