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Where is Sochetgarh?

Sochetgarh is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhariwal, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhariwal community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028097, and it covers 185 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,615 people in Sochetgarh: 855 men and 760 women, living in 291 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 185 hectares, the population density works out to about 873 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 889 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 181, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 377 people, about 23 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.62 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.5 per cent and women at 69.09 per cent. The census recorded 473 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 466 main workers, the largest group, 331, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 112 cultivators on their own land and 15 agricultural labourers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sochetgarh's land. Of the village's 185 hectares, 180 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (8 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (172 hectares). About 5 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 116 cultivators and 15 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Sochetgarh is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dhariwal, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sochanian, Athwal (Gurdaspur), Kotla Chahlan and Bidhipur.

What is the population of Sochetgarh?

The population of Sochetgarh was 1,615 at the 2011 census, living in 291 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Sochetgarh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sochetgarh has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.