Sothiawan
Vidyapati Nagar block · Samastipur district, Bihar · PIN 848503 · village code 236989
Population 2011
5,737
Census of India
Population 2020
4,003
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-30.2%
-1,734 people · -3.9% a year
Households
940
-5.3% vs 993 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,737
Male / female
3,027 / 2,710
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
1,116
Literacy rate
36.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
691 / 0
Working population
1,930
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.3%
Households
993
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
350
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
508
Non-farm households
354
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
479 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
479 / 479 / 80
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Location
25.6277, 85.7614 — view on OpenStreetMap
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