# Saraunja Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Saraunja

Saraunja is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **706 people in 140 households**, the 163rd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 706people (2011)
- 140households
- 48.3%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saraunja

Of every 100 households in Saraunja in 2011, 1 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saraunja · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**78%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Saraunja?

■ Saraunja · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.3%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**943

Working population ****62.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.6% for men and 37.5% for women. 62% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (10%) · **■** Household industry 70 (16%) · **■** Other work 116 (26%) · **■** Marginal 182 (42%)

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 Karandighi

- Madargachhi748 people
- Kachnagachh740 people
- Rankul737 people
- Bhagelia727 people
- Ganjana686 people
- Jharibarhans663 people
- Sadhanpur655 people
- Dharipara639 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saraunja?706 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraunja in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saraunja?48.3% (Census 2011)