# Saorail Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Saorail

Saorail is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,444 people in 322 households**, the 73rd largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,444people (2011)
- 322households
- 64.7%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saorail

Of every 100 households in Saorail in 2011, 45 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saorail · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**20%

Television ****26%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**39%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Saorail?

■ Saorail · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**954

Working population ****37.8%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 59.8% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (40%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 155 (28%) · **■** Marginal 93 (17%)

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 Sagardighi

- Megha1,495 people
- Khatua1,489 people
- Balarmbati1,471 people
- Ratanpur1,447 people
- Gokulta1,417 people
- Chaitpur1,409 people
- Bhumihar1,400 people
- Dihibaraj1,385 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saorail?1,444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saorail in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saorail?64.7% (Census 2011)