Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Sidai

Sidai is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 465 people in 113 households, the 62nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.
- 465 people (2011)
- 113 households
- 80.3% literacy
- 867 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sidai

Of every 100 households in Sidai in 2011, 20 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sidai · ■ Hilli rural average
- Electricity for lighting 20% 42%
- Toilet within the home 12% 38%
- No toilet (open defecation) 86% 60%
- Tap water 100% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 30% 54%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 3% 86%
- Use banking services 20% 36%
- Television 13% 28%
- Mobile phone 80% 39%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 11% 32%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sidai?

■ Sidai · ■ Hilli rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.3% 76.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 867 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1130 966
- Working population 29.9% 44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 74.7% for women. 48% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 48 (35%) · ■ Farm labourers 29 (21%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 30 (22%) · ■ Marginal 31 (22%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Hilli
- Basanta 588 people
- Uttar Jamalpur 584 people
- Kunja Dungi 566 people
- Chak Balaram 519 people
- Bahadurpur 459 people
- Chak Gopal 449 people
- Baddungi 437 people
- Srikrishnapur 434 people

All 82 villages in Hilli

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sidai? 465 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sidai in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sidai? 80.3% (Census 2011)

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