# Saogaon Tea Garden Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Saogaon Tea Garden

Saogaon Tea Garden is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,783 people in 350 households**, the 66th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,783people (2011)
- 350households
- 51.4%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saogaon Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Saogaon Tea Garden in 2011, 2 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saogaon Tea Garden · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**37%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**29%

Television ****9%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****54%**

**62%

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 Saogaon Tea Garden?

■ Saogaon Tea Garden · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**970

Working population ****38.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.3% for men and 45.3% for women. 45% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 355 (51%) · **■** Marginal 313 (45%)

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 Mal

- Purba Damdim1,930 people
- Apalchand Forest1,928 people
- Paschim Sangapara1,797 people
- Purbba Sangapara1,796 people
- Turibari1,710 people
- Khasjangal-I1,591 people
- Neora1,543 people
- Dakshin Kantadighi Kumarpara1,446 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saogaon Tea Garden?1,783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saogaon Tea Garden in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saogaon Tea Garden?51.4% (Census 2011)