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Sohara Population - Bhadrak, Orissa

Sohara is a medium size village located in Dhamanagar Block of Bhadrak district, Orissa with total 270 families residing. The Sohara village has population of 1409 of which 722 are males while 687 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sohara village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 9.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sohara village is 952 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sohara as per census is 889, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sohara village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sohara village was 86.80 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sohara Male literacy stands at 93.38 % while female literacy rate was 79.94 %.

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

Sohara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 270 - -
Population 1,409 722 687
Child (0-6) 136 72 64
Schedule Caste 358 182 176
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.80 % 93.38 % 79.94 %
Total Workers 453 411 42
Main Worker 322 - -
Marginal Worker 131 112 19

Caste Factor

Sohara village of Bhadrak has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.41 % of total population in Sohara village. The village Sohara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sohara village out of total population, 453 were engaged in work activities. 71.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 453 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.