Saonsa observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Saonsa
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Saonsa is a village in Rampurhat-I mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,078 across 281 households. The village has a literacy rate of 72.6% and is located at coordinates 24.112°N, 87.721°E.
By population, Saonsa ranks #56 of 119 villages in Rampurhat - I mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saonsa is a village of 1,078 people in 281 households (Census 2011) in Rampurhat - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 56th-largest of 119 villages in Rampurhat - I block. Literacy is 73%, 9 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Birbhum district centre, 13 km from Margram, the nearest town, 4 km from Mallarpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731233, served by Chandipur Tarapith post office; the LGD village code is 316338. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mallarpur Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is PINKI MONDAL KAVIRAJ, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 1,206 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kasthogora →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saonsa · this village | 1,078 | 73% | — |
| Teldaha · Rampurhat - I | 837 | 67% | 1 km SE |
| Muradda · Rampurhat - I | 942 | 44% | 1.1 km NE |
| Masanpur · Rampurhat - I | 96 | 50% | 1.4 km W |
| Goala · Mayureswar - I | 2,712 | 61% | 1.6 km S |
| Erazi Goala · Mayureswar - I | 0 | — | 1.9 km SE |
| Kashtagara · Rampurhat - I | 4,529 | 64% | 1.9 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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