Sohna

Sohna also known as Greater Gurugram or South Gurugram is a City and a municipal committee in the Gurgaon district of Haryana, India. A popular tourist weekend and conference retreat, it is on the highway from Gurgaon to Alwar near a vertical rock. Sohna is known for its hot springs and Shiva temple. The town derived its name from gold dust which was found in the sand of streams after heavy rains. Its population is about 30,000. Sohna is 15 minutes from Badshahpur. More than 60 villages came under tehsil of Sohna. Sohna tehsil is part of Ahirwal Region. Tejpal Tanwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the MLA for the town.DemographicsIn the 2001 India census, Sohna had a population of 27,571. Males were 53 percent of the population, and females 47 percent. Sohna has a literacy rate of 63 percent, higher than the national average of 59.5 percent. Male literacy is 70 percent, and female literacy 54 percent. Seventeen percent of the population is under age six. Tejpal Tanwar of the BJP is the MLA for Sohna.EthnicityThe Sohna assembly district is dominated by yadav groups, which make up about 50,000 of the total population of 127,774. Thakurs number about 12,000, with about 10,000 Gujjars and 16,000 Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes.