# Saora Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Saora

Saora is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **614 people in 125 households**, the 71st largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 614people (2011)
- 125households
- 93.5%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saora

Of every 100 households in Saora in 2011, 23 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saora · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**63%

Tap water ****9%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**16%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****75%**

**54%

Television ****15%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.5%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**974

Working population ****35.3%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.6% for men and 89.1% for women. 66% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 166 (76%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 38 (18%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Chandrakona - II

- Sauberya656 people
- Bolghata635 people
- Idpur631 people
- Nishchintapur614 people
- Jayantipur613 people
- Radhanagar612 people
- Radhanagar596 people
- Raska577 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saora?614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saora in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saora?93.5% (Census 2011)