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Sarauni
Census Town
SarauniLocation in Jharkhand, IndiaShow map of JharkhandSarauniSarauni (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°48′52″N 87°19′27″E / 24.814333°N 87.324167°E / 24.814333; 87.324167
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Area
• Total	3.71 km (1.43 sq mi)
Population
• Total	4,970
• Density	1,300/km (3,500/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Godda (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814156
Telephone/ STD code	06422
Lok Sabha constituency	Godda
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Mahagama
Website	godda.nic.in

Sarauni is a census town in Godda CD block in Godda subdivision of Godda district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Sarauni is located at 24°48′52″N 87°19′27″E / 24.814333°N 87.324167°E / 24.814333; 87.324167.

Sarauni has an area of 3.71 square kilometres (1.43 sq mi).

Overview

The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sarauni had a total population of 4,970, of which 2,542 (51%) were males and 2,428 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 856. The total number of literate persons in Sarauni was 2,723 (66.19% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Godda, Sarauni covered an area of 3.71 km. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 211 domestic electric connections, 5 road light points. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. It had the branch office of 1 cooperative bank.

References

1. ^ "District Census Handbook, Godda, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
2. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
3. "District Census Handbook Godda, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 1082-1086. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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