# Saur Village, Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Saur

Saur is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,483 people in 291 households**, the 75th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 1,483people (2011)
- 291households
- 38.5%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saur

Of every 100 households in Saur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saur · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**51%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**17%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**31%

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 Saur?

■ Saur · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.5%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**958

Working population ****49.0%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.9% for men and 32.3% for women. 53% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (18%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (2%) · **■** Marginal 406 (56%)

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 Goalpokhar - II

- Kanki1,587 people
- Suhia1,559 people
- Lohagara1,533 people
- Pachim Lahil1,487 people
- Bhuindhar1,481 people
- Uttar Sibrampur1,473 people
- Sasarkol1,470 people
- Paschim Bannari1,422 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saur?1,483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saur?38.5% (Census 2011)