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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Brijnarayan Singh
Contact: 73****8712
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- LGD code
- 188739
- Pincode
- 274301
- Post office
- Captainganj (Kushinagar)
- Population
- 3,061
- Households
- 477
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Sex ratio
- 906 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 629
Census 2011 · in context
How Sohani compares
By population, Sohani ranks #38 of 156 villages in Kaptanganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.9%
+8.2% vs mandal average
- Sohani
- 64.9%
- Kaptanganj mandal
- 56.7%
- Kushinagar district
- 54.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
906
−54 vs mandal average
- Sohani
- 906
- Kaptanganj mandal
- 960
Household size
people per home
6.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Sohani
- 6.4
- Kaptanganj mandal
- 6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sohani at a glance
Sohani is a village of 3,061 people in 477 households (Census 2011) in Kaptanganj tehsil, Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh, the 38th-largest of 156 villages in Kaptanganj tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 274301, served by Captainganj (Kushinagar) post office; the LGD village code is 188739. The sarpanch is Brijnarayan Singh, and the village votes in Kaptanganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavindra Chaudhary. The population is estimated at 3,609 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sohani
- 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)
- 8
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KUSHINAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SOHANI
- Total area (ha)
- 259.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 222.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sohani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sohani
- LGD code
- 188739
- Pincode
- 274301
- Post office
- Captainganj (Kushinagar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,061
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,609
- Households
- 477
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 906
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Basti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kaptanganj
- Member of Parliament
- Ram Prasad Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kavindra Chaudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Brijnarayan Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Kaptanganj
- Nearest PHC
- Navajiban Clinic (8.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Tinich (4.0 km)
Same pincode
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- Harpur MachhagarKaptanganj mandal4,352 pop
- SudhiyaniKaptanganj mandal4,307 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)