# Saranjabari Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Saranjabari

Saranjabari is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **852 people in 191 households**, the 94th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 852people (2011)
- 191households
- 68.3%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saranjabari

Of every 100 households in Saranjabari in 2011, 28 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saranjabari · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****6%**

**26%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**33%

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 Saranjabari?

■ Saranjabari · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**954

Working population ****47.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 62.1% for women. 56% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 126 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (41%) · **■** Other work 28 (7%) · **■** Marginal 82 (20%)

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 Tapan

- Akha Nagar887 people
- Chandhati875 people
- Nodhan873 people
- Gopal Nagar870 people
- Arjunpur851 people
- Benipur850 people
- Sirahal849 people
- Chak Bhagirath845 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saranjabari?852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saranjabari in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saranjabari?68.3% (Census 2011)