# Saora Village, Goghat - I, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-i/saora/

Village · Goghat - I, Hugli 

# Saora

Saora is a village in Goghat - I sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,290 people in 947 households**, the 4th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 4,290people (2011)
- 947households
- 78.5%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saora

Of every 100 households in Saora in 2011, 85 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saora · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**39%

Tap water ****14%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****63%**

**44%

Television ****27%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Saora?

■ Saora · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**941

Working population ****33.5%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 72.6% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 407 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 415 (29%) · **■** Household industry 63 (4%) · **■** Other work 357 (25%) · **■** Marginal 197 (14%)

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 Goghat - I

- Goghat5,495 people
- Syamballabpur4,985 people
- Kumursa4,449 people
- Nakunda4,228 people
- Bali4,063 people
- Damodarpur3,154 people
- Gobindapur2,977 people

[All 99 villages in Goghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saora?4,290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saora in?Hugli district (Goghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saora?78.5% (Census 2011)