Sohagarh
Jamua block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815318
· village code 351382
Population 2011
740
Census of India
Population 2020
980
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.4%
240 people · 3.2% a year
Households
980
+744.8% vs 116 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
740
Male / female
359 / 381
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,061
Children aged 0–6
155
Literacy rate
39.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
200 / 1
Working population
371
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.3%
Households
116
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
435
Non-farm households
187
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 10 / 17
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chittardih panchayat, Jamua 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
₹17.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.83 lakh
Received directly
₹13,602
Spent
₹28.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17,939
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.59 lakh · received ₹4.33 lakh · spent ₹8.92 lakh · left ₹14,054
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.34 lakh · received ₹6.50 lakh · spent ₹19.80 lakh · left ₹3,885
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3604, 86.1373 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand