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Sarugaon Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Sarugaon is a medium size village located in Madarihat Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 276 families residing. The Sarugaon village has population of 1429 of which 718 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarugaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 12.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarugaon village is 990 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarugaon as per census is 937, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sarugaon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarugaon village was 63.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sarugaon Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 54.66 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sarugaon village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sarugaon village.

Sarugaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,429 718 711
Child (0-6) 184 95 89
Schedule Caste 116 63 53
Schedule Tribe 521 264 257
Literacy 63.05 % 71.43 % 54.66 %
Total Workers 515 363 152
Main Worker 225 - -
Marginal Worker 290 174 116

Caste Factor

In Sarugaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.46 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.12 % of total population in Sarugaon village.

Work Profile

In Sarugaon village out of total population, 515 were engaged in work activities. 43.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 515 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.