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Sohian Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sohian is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 131 families residing. The Sohian village has population of 604 of which 312 are males while 292 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohian village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 9.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohian village is 936 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohian as per census is 1036, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sohian village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohian village was 73.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sohian Male literacy stands at 79.23 % while female literacy rate was 66.54 %.

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

Sohian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 131 - -
Population 604 312 292
Child (0-6) 57 28 29
Schedule Caste 98 50 48
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.13 % 79.23 % 66.54 %
Total Workers 179 166 13
Main Worker 178 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.23 % of total population in Sohian village. The village Sohian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sohian village out of total population, 179 were engaged in work activities. 99.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.