# Sarangoan Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sarangoan

Sarangoan is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,115 people in 523 households**, the 15th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,115people (2011)
- 523households
- 72.0%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarangoan

Of every 100 households in Sarangoan in 2011, 12 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sarangoan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**65%

Tap water ****7%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****60%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Sarangoan?

■ Sarangoan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**965

Working population ****42.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 63.9% for women. 61% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 197 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (17%) · **■** Household industry 48 (5%) · **■** Other work 187 (21%) · **■** Marginal 303 (34%)

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 Balurghat

- Chingispur2,297 people
- Uttar Roypur2,279 people
- Barakali2,209 people
- Mallikpur2,164 people
- Sewai2,082 people
- Durllabhpur2,046 people
- Dangi2,041 people
- Panditpur1,932 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarangoan?2,115 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarangoan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarangoan?72.0% (Census 2011)