# Saraswatipur Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Saraswatipur

Saraswatipur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,309 people in 281 households**, the 50th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,309people (2011)
- 281households
- 90.5%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saraswatipur

Of every 100 households in Saraswatipur in 2011, 69 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saraswatipur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****22%**

**35%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Saraswatipur?

■ Saraswatipur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.5%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**949

Working population ****31.2%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 84.6% for women. 54% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (7%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 186 (46%) · **■** Marginal 152 (37%)

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 Deshopran

- Baharchandberya1,364 people
- Aladarput1,355 people
- Karpura1,344 people
- Satikeshwar1,327 people
- Mahishagot1,278 people
- Purba Gobindapur1,270 people
- Paschim Kusbani1,224 people
- Dakshin Amtalia1,214 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saraswatipur?1,309 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraswatipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saraswatipur?90.5% (Census 2011)