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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Govind Patel
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- LGD code
- 487748
- Pincode
- 461771
- Post office
- Sohagpur R.S.
- Population
- 183
- Households
- 47
- Literacy rate
- 61.7%
- Sex ratio
- 679 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 67
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 38 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 100 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 604 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sobhapur · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nidan Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sothar compares
By population, Sothar ranks #142 of 159 villages in Sohagpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.7%
+4.7% vs mandal average
- Sothar
- 61.7%
- Sohagpur mandal
- 57.0%
- Narmadapuram district
- 65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
679
−222 vs mandal average
- Sothar
- 679
- Sohagpur mandal
- 901
Household size
people per home
3.9
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Sothar
- 3.9
- Sohagpur mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sothar at a glance
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.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sothar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PIPARIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 72
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 105.55
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 85.53
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sothar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sothar
- LGD code
- 487748
- Pincode
- 461771
- Post office
- Sohagpur R.S.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 183
- Population (projected 2026)
- 216
- Households
- 47
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 679
- Literacy rate
- 61.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.81075°N, 78.25674°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hoshangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Udaipura
- Member of Parliament
- Darshan Singh Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Shivaji Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Govind Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Sohagpur
Getting there
How to reach Sothar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal100 kmcapital
- Hyderabad604 km
- Delhi654 km
- Mumbai696 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSobhapur10 km
- Bus stopPipariya Bus Station11 km
- Hospital / PHCNidan Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank12 km
- Petrol pumpPragati HP Petrol Pump13 km
- CollegeGovt. ITI, Pipariya14 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Pipariya12 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 461771
- ShobhapurSohagpur mandal7,515 pop
- BhatgaonSohagpur mandal2,641 pop
- Bhaukhedi KalanSohagpur mandal1,931 pop
- Gujar KhediSohagpur mandal1,515 pop
- ChichliSohagpur mandal1,403 pop
- ThikariSohagpur mandal1,401 pop
- BanskhapaSohagpur mandal1,317 pop
- KishanpurSohagpur mandal1,179 pop
- KalmesaraSohagpur mandal1,163 pop
Villages near Sothar
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- Baruadhana
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- Chichli
- Thikari
- Barangi
- Banskhapa
- Bamori Khurd
- Chanderi
- Kishanpur
- Kalmesara
- Nagtara
- Galacha
- Patharai
- Tighda
- Nayagaon
- Bankhedi Rewa
- Mahuwa Kheda Kalan
- Kajal Khedi
- Bhanpur
- Karanpur
- Ramnagar
- Dhikwada
- Bhiladiya
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- Barwani
- Gopal Pur
- Kohani
- Guram Khedi
- Nawalgaon
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)