Saogaon
Mal block · Jalpaiguri
district, West Bengal · PIN 734501
· village code 306892
Population 2011
981
Census of India
Population 2020
1,075
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.6%
94 people · 1.0% a year
Households
209
+4.5% vs 200 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
981
Male / female
501 / 480
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
147
Literacy rate
47.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
17 / 820
Working population
246
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.0%
Households
200
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
40
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
118
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bagrakot panchayat, Mal zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹1.11 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.04 crore
Received directly
₹77,280
Spent
₹1.98 crore
Unspent at year end
₹18.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹43.05 lakh · received ₹42.92 lakh · spent ₹82.87 lakh · left ₹3.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹68.41 lakh · received ₹61.43 lakh · spent ₹1.15 crore · left ₹15.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7027, 88.4412 —
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