Soharai
Raiganj block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733134
· village code 309681
Population 2011
4,449
Census of India
Population 2020
6,640
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+49.3%
2,191 people · 4.5% a year
Households
1,040
+3.4% vs 1,006 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,449
Male / female
2,333 / 2,116
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
546
Literacy rate
60.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,728 / 494
Working population
1,606
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
33.1%
Households
1,006
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
695
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
105 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
105 / 60 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bahin panchayat, Raiganj 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
₹85.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.33 crore
Received directly
₹2.22 lakh
Spent
₹1.59 crore
Unspent at year end
₹61.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.69 lakh · received ₹54.83 lakh · spent ₹56.45 lakh · left ₹26.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.36 lakh · received ₹78.49 lakh · spent ₹1.03 crore · left ₹34.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5856, 88.0383 —
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