# Sitachar Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Sitachar

Sitachar is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,108 people in 247 households**, the 47th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,108people (2011)
- 247households
- 49.4%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sitachar

Of every 100 households in Sitachar in 2011, 72 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sitachar · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**86%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****24%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sitachar?

■ Sitachar · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**983

Working population ****28.8%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.7% for men and 43.5% for women. 51% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (25%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 101 (32%) · **■** Marginal 46 (14%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Murarai - I

- Harirampur1,162 people
- Dadpur1,153 people
- Bhabanipur1,138 people
- Kapilsahar1,114 people
- Sanfua1,102 people
- Bandhaipur1,059 people
- Dakshin Kasila1,036 people
- Kestara998 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sitachar?1,108 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sitachar in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sitachar?49.4% (Census 2011)