# Saraiya Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Saraiya

Saraiya is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,542 people in 207 households**, the 347th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,542people (2011)
- 207households
- 78.4%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saraiya

Of every 100 households in Saraiya in 2011, 42 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saraiya · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**68%

Tap water ****35%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****99%**

**75%

Television ****33%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Saraiya?

■ Saraiya · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**883

Working population ****42.1%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 62.7% for women. 43% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (17%) · **■** Household industry 27 (4%) · **■** Other work 83 (13%) · **■** Marginal 267 (41%)

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 Varanasi

- Ayodhyapur1,554 people
- Singhai1,554 people
- Narur1,551 people
- Harbhampur1,549 people
- Maniyari Pur1,541 people
- Bhikharipur Kala1,538 people
- Bhabhiyar1,534 people
- Ramdih1,525 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saraiya?1,542 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraiya in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saraiya?78.4% (Census 2011)