# Satais Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Satais

Satais is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **299 people in 81 households**, the 223rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 299people (2011)
- 81households
- 91.4%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Satais

Of every 100 households in Satais in 2011, 84 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Satais · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****4%**

**41%

Television ****36%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Satais?

■ Satais · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1857**

**965

Working population ****32.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 87.1% for women. 61% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 64 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (28%) · **■** Marginal 5 (5%)

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 Balurghat

- Chakpara309 people
- Harirampur306 people
- Dharail301 people
- Sanihara301 people
- Purbba Maheshpur297 people
- Matra295 people
- Mollapara295 people
- Jabaripur293 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Satais?299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Satais in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Satais?91.4% (Census 2011)