Sarauni
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 . Sarauni has an area of . 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. 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.