# Sarua Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sarua

Sarua is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **470 people in 99 households**, the 199th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 470people (2011)
- 99households
- 41.1%literacy
- 836females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarua

Of every 100 households in Sarua in 2011, 8 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarua · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**72%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**92%

Use banking services ****19%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sarua?

■ Sarua · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.1%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**939

Working population ****32.6%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.3% for men and 33.7% for women. 45% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 62 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (23%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 53 (35%)

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 Raiganj

- Durgapur504 people
- Nuripur504 people
- Shitalpur496 people
- Paschim Shankarpur480 people
- Fazilpur465 people
- Sangram464 people
- Ghughudanga459 people
- Khirabari414 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarua?470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarua?41.1% (Census 2011)