Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur
# Saorda

Saorda is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 408 people in 97 households, the 150th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.
- 408 people (2011)
- 97 households
- 78.1% literacy
- 1,103 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saorda

Of every 100 households in Saorda in 2011, 78 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saorda · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 78% 46%
- Toilet within the home 47% 49%
- No toilet (open defecation) 53% 50%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 52% 26%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 94%
- Use banking services 86% 42%
- Television 26% 16%
- Mobile phone 34% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 25% 26%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Saorda?

■ Saorda · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.1% 76.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1103 982
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 2667 970
- Working population 42.9% 43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 70.5% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 46 (26%) · ■ Other work 36 (21%) · ■ Marginal 93 (53%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kharagpur - II
- Barachu 424 people
- Krishnanagar 413 people
- Jangichak 411 people
- Junbalida Batitaki 410 people
- Ghoratara 405 people
- Chak Santra 404 people
- Junbalida 404 people
- Jhajia 400 people

All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Saorda? 408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saorda in? Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saorda? 78.1% (Census 2011)

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