The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbered 554 people by the 2011 census.

Sovljak is 5 km (3.1 mi) west from its municipal center, Bogatić.

The houses were built c.1920 and the entire yard, sort of an outdoor museum, covers 2 ha (4.9 acres).

Central room in the house is turned into the museum, and it makes one unit with the surrounding vajat (wooden summer house), barn, pergola and the outdoor masonry oven.

The village is also setting of the August festivities of "Hajduk evenings" with the traditional ceremony of the "Mačva wedding" and the competition for the Harambaša.