# Saraighata Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Saraighata

Saraighata is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **674 people in 148 households**, the 153rd largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 674people (2011)
- 148households
- 75.6%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saraighata

Of every 100 households in Saraighata in 2011, 32 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Saraighata · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****7%**

**36%

Television ****3%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**15%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Saraighata?

■ Saraighata · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**949

Working population ****54.2%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 65.4% for women. 60% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (10%) · **■** Marginal 318 (87%)

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 Panskura

- Atang687 people
- Chandipur687 people
- Dayal Chak683 people
- Janabar675 people
- Ghoshpur669 people
- Chhyarasia664 people
- Narui Ramchandrapur655 people
- Benagalisa632 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saraighata?674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraighata in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saraighata?75.6% (Census 2011)