# Saaragachhi Village, Bhagawangola - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad 

# Saaragachhi

Saaragachhi is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,055 people in 253 households**, the 40th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,055people (2011)
- 253households
- 73.9%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saaragachhi

Of every 100 households in Saaragachhi in 2011, 4 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saaragachhi · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**29%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**43%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**92%

Use banking services ****24%**

**29%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Saaragachhi?

■ Saaragachhi · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**961

Working population ****42.3%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 69.0% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (23%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 74 (17%) · **■** Marginal 96 (22%)

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 Bhagawangola - I

- Ramchandrapur1,499 people
- Sadasib1,484 people
- Gobindatola1,437 people
- Mahatpur1,080 people
- Ramnagobra1,002 people
- Mahespur844 people
- Mathbarenda832 people
- Dakshini Nayakharida Babupur830 people

[All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saaragachhi?1,055 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saaragachhi in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saaragachhi?73.9% (Census 2011)