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Sohgaura

Kauri Ram block · Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 273413 · village code 186364

Population 2011
2,054
Census of India
Population 2020
2,400
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.9%
346 people · 1.7% a year
Households
366
+16.2% vs 315 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population
2,054
Male / female
1,007 / 1,047
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,040
Children aged 0–6
285
Literacy rate
61.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
131 / 0
Working population
512
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.6%
Households
315

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students
56
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
330
Non-farm households
36
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
41 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 41 / 21
Main irrigation source
Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sohgaura panchayat, Kauri Ram zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance
₹1.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.83 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹3.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹87,904 · received ₹2.73 lakh · spent ₹49,000 · left ₹3.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹73,403 · received ₹4.10 lakh · spent ₹3.47 lakh · left ₹1.37 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.5586, 83.3946 — view on OpenStreetMap

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