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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Satihar

Satihar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **246 people in 64 households**, the 245th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 246people (2011)
- 64households
- 50.9%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Satihar

Of every 100 households in Satihar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Satihar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**65%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**41%

Television ****0%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Satihar?

■ Satihar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**965

Working population ****64.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.2% for men and 42.0% for women. 74% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (93%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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

- Dasarai258 people
- Majhina254 people
- Jiapur251 people
- Gazipur246 people
- Ghugudanga241 people
- Chhiashi239 people
- Mobarakpur235 people
- Keotsar228 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Satihar?246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Satihar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Satihar?50.9% (Census 2011)