Sothiawan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Sothiawan ranks #10 of 36 villages in Vidyapati Nagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sothiawan is a village of 5,737 people in 993 households (Census 2011) in Vidyapati Nagar block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 10th-largest of 36 villages in Vidyapati Nagar block. Literacy is 36%, 15 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 895 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848114, served by Dalsinghsarai post office; the LGD village code is 236989. The sarpanch is Ranju devi, and the village votes in Balrampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangita Devi. The population is estimated at 6,764 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sothgama →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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