| Sotran | |
| Native Name Lang: | pan |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 31.1779°N 75.9826°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 251 |
| Population Total: | 858[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | Sex ratio 440/418 ♂/♀ |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 144505 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01884 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Banga[2] |
Sotran is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away Mukandpur, from Banga, from district headquarters Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from the state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
As of 2011, Sotran has 184 houses and a population of 858 of which 440 are males and 418 females, according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Sotran is 77.74%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 72 which is 8.39% of the total population of Sotran, and child sex ratio is approximately 714 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 65.03% of the total population in Sotran. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 280 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Sotran which includes 240 males and 40 females. According to the census survey report 2011, 95.71% of workers describe their work as main work and 4.29% of workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary school founded in 1996.[5] [6] The schools provide midday meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme[7] and the meal prepared in school premises. As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, the school provides free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14. Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges.
The village has a historical Sikh temple Gurudwara Sri Gurplaha Sahib which dedicated to Guru Hargobind who stayed here after his last battle on his way from Kartarpur to Kiratpur in 1635. A religious fair held at the Gurdwara annually in the month of July which attracts a large number of devotees.[8]
Banga train station is the nearest train station, however, Phagwara Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which is located away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is away in Amritsar.[9]