# Saogaon Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Saogaon

Saogaon is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **981 people in 200 households**, the 79th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 981people (2011)
- 200households
- 55.6%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saogaon

Of every 100 households in Saogaon in 2011, 34 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saogaon · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**70%

Tap water ****2%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**37%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****71%**

**29%

Television ****30%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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?

■ Saogaon · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**970

Working population ****25.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.1% for men and 49.9% for women. 39% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 169 (69%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (8%) · **■** Marginal 57 (23%)

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

- Paschim Damdim1,239 people
- Tunbari Tea Garden1,204 people
- Betbari Tea Garden1,183 people
- Kalagaity Tea Garden1,100 people
- Malnadi Tea Garden965 people
- Chikanmati962 people
- Haihai Pathar Tea Garden II953 people
- Targhera936 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saogaon?981 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saogaon in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saogaon?55.6% (Census 2011)