Census town · Bargarh district
Sohela
Sohela is a census town: a place the census counts as urban (5,000+ people, at least three-quarters of male main workers outside farming, 400+ people per km²) but which has no municipal body and is governed as part of a gram panchayat, in Bargarh district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,917 people in 1,624 households, up 13.0% from 6,119 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,917
- Literacy
- 83.5%
- Area
- 681.9 km²
- Sub-district
- Sohela
- Census town code
- 380309
People and work in Sohela
- Population
- 6,917
- 3,584 male · 3,333 female
- Households
- 1,624
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.5%
- men 89.9% · women 76.7%below urban Bargarh (85.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 930
- below urban Bargarh (961)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 875
- People per km²
- 10
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,373 (19.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 611 (8.8%)
What the 2,966 workers did
- Cultivators253 (8.5%)
- Agricultural labourers383 (12.9%)
- Household industry71 (2.4%)
- Other work1,536 (51.8%)
- Marginal workers723 (24.4%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 2001
Census counts for each decade in which Sohela was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 681.9 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Sohela
- Annual rainfall
- 1,168 mm
- Temperature range
- 5°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 390 km by road
- District headquarters
- Bargarh, 25 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bargarh, 25 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 80 km
- Roads
- 15.5 km pucca, 10 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Bargarh, 25 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 678
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 6 (3 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 5 (2 government, 3 private)
- Secondary schools
- 5 (2 government, 3 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 30 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 6
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 15
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Rice, Groundnut Oil
Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since.
Other towns in Bargarh
See also: Sohela sub-district · People of Bargarh district
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