Country India District Jodhpur Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Elevation 300 m ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | State Rajasthan Tehsil Bhopalgarh Vehicle registration RJ-19 Population 1,411 (2001) | |
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Sopra is a village located in the Bhopalgarh tehsil Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. It is a small village of Bhopalgarh tehsil.
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Demographics
In the 2001 India census, the village of Sopra had a population of 1411.
Sopra is the nearest village from Bhopalgarh (9 km away). It is a small village mostly inhabited by Jat families. Around 300 Jat, and all Godara families are there in the village. Other than that, there are a few people from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Main occupation of the villagers is agriculture. Education is poor but now awareness is being spread about education. Village children used to go to nearby cities and Bhopalgarh for schooling. People speak Marwari language but also understand Hindi.
Geography
It is a village surrounded by around 9 other villages and hills around it.
There is Chitorri Bhaker, Minger Bhakar and Nathji Maharaj Ka Bhakar on the village boundary. There is a village pond named Hivli Naadi. The village has its own pond which mostly all villages of the area used to have.
Education
There is one primary school in the village and a non-government school on the outskirts of the village, which is funded by Bharti Airtel.
People
Almost every family has one of its member in defence services or police forces.
Beliefs
People mostly used to worship goddess Baayasa, god Bhomiyaji and Thakurji (Krishna).
History
All Jat families and Godara's only used to live in Sopra.
It is also said that the village was established by the three brothers who travelled to the place long back ago from KURCHI ( another village). All the people of the village are the progenies of the three brothers. As a result, village is divided in three major 'baas' namely 'uperly baas', 'bhichily baas' and 'khurali baas'.
The name 'sopra' : It is said that the three brothers reached the place at time of dusk, so they called the place 'होपड़ा' , means dusk is approached in the local language. Later it is changed to 'sopda' and 'sopra'.
Temple of Bhomiaji Maharaj
It is located on a small hill outside the village nearby a pond.