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Sothar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Sohagpur mandal is Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sothar itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Sothar ranks #142 of 159 villages in Sohagpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sothar is a village of 183 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Sohagpur tehsil, Narmadapuram district, Madhya Pradesh, the 142nd-largest of 159 villages in Sohagpur tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 679 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Narmadapuram district centre, 46 km from Bankhedi, the nearest town, 10 km from Sobhapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 461771, served by Sohagpur R.S. post office; the LGD village code is 487748. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nidan Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Govind Patel, and the village votes in Udaipura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Shivaji Patel. The population is estimated at 216 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mahuakhedakala →
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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