# Saoyai Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Saoyai

Saoyai is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,320 people in 559 households**, the 32nd largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 2,320people (2011)
- 559households
- 79.1%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saoyai

Of every 100 households in Saoyai in 2011, 34 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saoyai · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**49%

Tap water ****36%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**13%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**93%

Use banking services ****42%**

**37%

Television ****14%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Saoyai?

■ Saoyai · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**959

Working population ****36.9%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 69.7% for women. 64% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 186 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 387 (45%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 165 (19%) · **■** Marginal 93 (11%)

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 Ghatal

- Harisinghpur2,541 people
- Dewanchak2,538 people
- Shrirampur2,475 people
- Harishpur2,349 people
- Khasbar2,298 people
- Mohanpur2,296 people
- Shibpur2,289 people
- Balidanga2,278 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saoyai?2,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saoyai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saoyai?79.1% (Census 2011)