Saorail
Sagardighi block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742226
· village code 314292
Population 2011
1,444
Census of India
Population 2020
1,480
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.5%
36 people · 0.3% a year
Households
322
0.0% vs 322 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,444
Male / female
740 / 704
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
209
Literacy rate
55.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
595 / 55
Working population
546
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.8%
Households
322
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
180
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
185
Non-farm households
137
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
325 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
325 / 321 / 35
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Moregram panchayat, Sagardighi 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
₹53.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹94.92 lakh
Received directly
₹75,636
Spent
₹1.00 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.52 lakh · received ₹39.05 lakh · spent ₹40.48 lakh · left ₹20.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.81 lakh · received ₹55.87 lakh · spent ₹59.61 lakh · left ₹28.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3345, 88.0302 —
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