# Saorapir Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Saorapir

Saorapir is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,665 people in 379 households**, the 23rd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,665people (2011)
- 379households
- 78.3%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saorapir

Of every 100 households in Saorapir in 2011, 60 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saorapir · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****35%**

**62%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****64%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Saorapir?

■ Saorapir · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**963

Working population ****33.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 67.2% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 169 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (15%) · **■** Other work 50 (9%) · **■** Marginal 251 (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 Dantan - I

- Kuhura1,819 people
- Nimpur1,801 people
- Bara Baghra1,765 people
- Rajnagar1,689 people
- Bamanbirua1,658 people
- Antri1,613 people
- Gopinathpur1,584 people
- Maliara Sundarpur1,581 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saorapir?1,665 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saorapir in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saorapir?78.3% (Census 2011)