# Saraswatiganja Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Saraswatiganja

Saraswatiganja is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **533 people in 118 households**, the 56th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 533people (2011)
- 118households
- 81.2%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saraswatiganja

Of every 100 households in Saraswatiganja in 2011, 65 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saraswatiganja · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**70%

Use banking services ****36%**

**68%

Television ****25%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Saraswatiganja?

■ Saraswatiganja · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**976

Working population ****48.4%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 73.5% for women. 61% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (15%) · **■** Marginal 213 (83%)

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 Kanksa

- Phuljhuri608 people
- Jamban580 people
- Benodpur570 people
- Nabagram549 people
- Bramhangram505 people
- Hariki503 people
- Jamdoba493 people
- Nimtikari490 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saraswatiganja?533 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraswatiganja in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saraswatiganja?81.2% (Census 2011)