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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Satrai

Satrai is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **512 people in 128 households**, the 158th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 512people (2011)
- 128households
- 68.4%literacy
- 835females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Satrai

Of every 100 households in Satrai in 2011, 58 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Satrai · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**38%

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

**33%

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

**65%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****55%**

**41%

Television ****42%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Satrai?

■ Satrai · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****835**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****519**

**965

Working population ****42.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 60.7% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (17%) · **■** Marginal 51 (24%)

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

- Ristara524 people
- Madanganj522 people
- Chak Hosen519 people
- Kalikapur512 people
- Ekmail507 people
- Katna507 people
- Chak Gobinda502 people
- Digra499 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Satrai?512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Satrai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Satrai?68.4% (Census 2011)