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Soa Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Soa is a small village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 52 families residing. The Soa village has population of 188 of which 92 are males while 96 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Soa village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 9.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Soa village is 1043 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Soa as per census is 2600, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Soa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Soa village was 75.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Soa Male literacy stands at 86.21 % while female literacy rate was 65.06 %.

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

Soa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 188 92 96
Child (0-6) 18 5 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 89 42 47
Literacy 75.88 % 86.21 % 65.06 %
Total Workers 81 53 28
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 13 5 8

Caste Factor

In Soa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.34 % of total population in Soa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Soa village of Hugli.

Work Profile

In Soa village out of total population, 81 were engaged in work activities. 83.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 81 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.