# Sarajang Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Sarajang

Sarajang is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **340 people in 68 households**, the 163rd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 340people (2011)
- 68households
- 66.8%literacy
- 1,061females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarajang

Of every 100 households in Sarajang in 2011, 68 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarajang · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****57%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sarajang?

■ Sarajang · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1375**

**957

Working population ****59.4%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 47.9% for women. 63% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 148 (73%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (15%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 23 (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 Barabazar

- Gorsai364 people
- Salghati364 people
- Ramkanali357 people
- Motiramdih341 people
- Bhalukdih332 people
- Patpur320 people
- Dhadikidih317 people
- Kristanagar310 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarajang?340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarajang in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarajang?66.8% (Census 2011)