# Saurang Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Saurang

Saurang is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,501 people in 274 households**, the 35th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,501people (2011)
- 274households
- 69.5%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saurang

Of every 100 households in Saurang in 2011, 38 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saurang · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****31%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Saurang?

■ Saurang · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****801**

**969

Working population ****58.8%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 54.1% for women. 58% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (13%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 77 (9%) · **■** Marginal 569 (65%)

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 Puncha

- Poradi1,659 people
- Tatari1,622 people
- Noagarh1,605 people
- Gholkund1,566 people
- Bhagaband1,497 people
- Bishpuria1,424 people
- Dharampur1,298 people
- Chandatiri1,264 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saurang?1,501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saurang in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saurang?69.5% (Census 2011)