Sopara or Sopra or Hopra is a village located in the Bhopalgarh tehsil of Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India.
Almost all residents are Hindus and worship the local deity Bhomiaji, who is a medieval hero who laid his life protecting the cows from thieves.
People highly regard Jogmaya of Bhagoria village temple and attend annual navratri fair without a miss.
The day is accompanied by Hathai' or meeting of elders and relatives of the couple at a huge meal at bride's place.
Dry: kair, sangari, kachar, kutta, panchkutta, kumatiya, tindsi, guarfali, Wet: dal, kadi, haldi, sev-tamatar, raabri, Heera or Halwa- suji and wheat, sweet rice, Churma, kasaar, As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sopra village is clubbed with villages of Tambariya Kallan, Tambariya Khurd and Heeradesar under the 'Heeradesear Gram Panchayat' and is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.
Village is located in Bhopalgarh block on South-eastern side of Jodhpur district.
One ephemeral drain originating from Nathji Maharaj Ka Bhakar flows in north of the village and ends in fields near Heeradesar road.
Village has negligible forest area, dominant vegetation is xerophytic along with semi-arid species of Thar desert.
Wildlife include Neelgai (Bluebull), Rabbits, peacocks, pheasants, crows, pigeons, sparrows, lapwigs (titodi) etc.
Most of the students for better education opportunities either attends schools in the nearby Tehsil, Bhopalgarh or migrate to city of Jodhpur.
Main crops grown include Bajra (pearl millet) in rotation with Moong or Til in rain-fed fields, While in irrigated khets, taramira, sarson, rizka, vegetables, cotton, chillies, jeera etc are grown.
The illegal occupation of village commons has led to loss of grazing ground of most of the livestock and thus the activity is slowly on its decline.
Mining along with livestock rearing used to be main occupation of residents in non rainy season in pre-MGNREGA (cash for work scheme of state) times.
Government job in armed forces, teaching and state police is also an important source of livelihood for many and is a sure shot way out of poverty.