# Sarae Ranjan Village, Sarairanjan, Samastipur (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/samastipur/sarairanjan/sarae-ranjan/ Village · Sarairanjan, Samastipur # Sarae Ranjan Sarae Ranjan is a village in Sarairanjan sub-district of Samastipur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **18,523 people in 3,544 households**, the 1st largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%. - 18,523people (2011) - 3,544households - 64.5%literacy - 906females per 1,000 males ## Sarae Ranjan PIN code and other codes Sarae Ranjan falls in Sarairanjan sub-district, Samastipur district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatSarairanjan-West, Sararanjan-East - Community development blockSarairanjan - Census village code236929 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Sarae Ranjan from nearby towns? - Samastipur (district HQ)18 km by road - Samastipur (nearest town)18 km by road Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What facilities are there in Sarae Ranjan? 27 services counted by the Census are inside Sarae Ranjan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 5 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 9 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Post officeIn village - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Cooperative bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Darbhanga - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 3 h winter Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Sarae Ranjan known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 803 hectares of village land is sown, and 546 hectares are irrigated. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Sarae Ranjan Of every 100 households in Sarae Ranjan in 2011, 15 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Sarae Ranjan · ■ Sarairanjan rural average Electricity for lighting ****15%** **12% Toilet within the home ****29%** **18% No toilet (open defecation) ****70%** **81% Tap water ****1%** **1% Drinking water within premises ****40%** **38% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%** **3% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%** **94% Use banking services ****49%** **45% Television ****15%** **10% Mobile phone ****49%** **49% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****9%** **7% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **1% None of these assets ****19%** **22% Own their home ****98%** **99% Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What is the population of Sarae Ranjan? ■ Sarae Ranjan · ■ Sarairanjan rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%** **63.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906** **931 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897** **936 Working population ****28.0%** **29.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 73.5% for men and 54.7% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 1,225 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,079 (40%) · **■** Household industry 74 (1%) · **■** Other work 721 (14%) · **■** Marginal 1,093 (21%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Other villages of similar size in Sarairanjan - Bathua Buzrug13,451 people - Jitwarpur Kumhra12,574 people - Bhagwatpur11,063 people - Lat Basepura10,929 people [All 61 villages in Sarairanjan](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/samastipur/sarairanjan/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Sarae Ranjan from Samastipur?18 km by road - What is the population of Sarae Ranjan?18,523 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sarae Ranjan in?Samastipur district (Sarairanjan sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Sarae Ranjan?64.5% (Census 2011)