Sohai
Deganga block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743423
· village code 323322
Population 2011
4,858
Census of India
Population 2020
5,160
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.2%
302 people · 0.7% a year
Households
1,098
+1.5% vs 1,082 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,858
Male / female
2,534 / 2,324
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
664
Literacy rate
62.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
73 / 71
Working population
1,558
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.6%
Households
1,082
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
186
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
902
Non-farm households
196
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
260 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
260 / 120 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sohai-Shetpur panchayat, Deganga 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
₹52.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹89.44 lakh
Received directly
₹73,471
Spent
₹88.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.70 lakh · received ₹36.76 lakh · spent ₹31.70 lakh · left ₹24.49 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.05 lakh · received ₹52.68 lakh · spent ₹57.13 lakh · left ₹29.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7387, 88.5978 —
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