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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MADHURI RAJPOOT
Contact: 70****7601
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- LGD code
- 460232
- Pincode
- 470335
- Post office
- Banda Belai
- Population
- 1,412
- Households
- 324
- Literacy rate
- 63%
- Sex ratio
- 865 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 599
- Distance to district centre
- 87 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 91 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 56 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 564 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sorai · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Maa Hospital And Research Center · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sorai compares
By population, Sorai ranks #42 of 179 villages in Banda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.0%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Sorai
- 63.0%
- Banda mandal
- 57.0%
- Sagar district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
865
−18 vs mandal average
- Sorai
- 865
- Banda mandal
- 883
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Sorai
- 4.4
- Banda mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sorai at a glance
Sorai is a village of 1,412 people in 324 households (Census 2011) in Banda tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 42nd-largest of 179 villages in Banda tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 865 women per 1,000 men. It lies 87 km from the Sagar district centre, 2 km from Sorai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470335, served by Banda Belai post office; the LGD village code is 460232. The nearest hospital or health centre is Maa Hospital And Research Center, 5 km away. The sarpanch is MADHURI RAJPOOT, and the village votes in Khurai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupendra Singh. The population is estimated at 1,665 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonrai →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorai · this village | 1,412 | 63% | — |
| Sorai · Batiyagarh | 377 | 57% | 0 km N |
| Sorai · Vidisha Nagar | 575 | 61% | 0 km N |
| Jiwajipur · Vidisha Nagar | 927 | 68% | 2.3 km W |
| Amachhawar · Vidisha Nagar | 365 | 63% | 2.7 km SW |
| Imaliya · Vidisha | 183 | 73% | 3.3 km N |
| Dhaturiya Heweli · Vidisha Nagar | 735 | 58% | 3.7 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sorai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BANDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 570.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 108
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sorai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sorai
- LGD code
- 460232
- Pincode
- 470335
- Post office
- Banda Belai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,412
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,665
- Households
- 324
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 865
- Literacy rate
- 63.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.57193°N, 77.84195°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khurai
- Member of Parliament
- Lata Wankhede
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhupendra Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MADHURI RAJPOOT
- Block / Mandal
- Banda
Getting there
How to reach Sorai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal56 kmcapital
- Delhi564 km
- Hyderabad691 km
- Mumbai717 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSorai2 km
- Bus stopVidisha Bus Stand7 km
- Hospital / PHCMaa Hospital And Research Center5 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump6 km
- Collegeyes6 km
- Police stationMahila Thana56 km
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)