# Sitahar Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sitahar

Sitahar is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,537 people in 337 households**, the 28th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,537people (2011)
- 337households
- 83.8%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sitahar

Of every 100 households in Sitahar in 2011, 75 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sitahar · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

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 Sitahar?

■ Sitahar · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.8%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**951

Working population ****34.1%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 79.6% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 229 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (6%) · **■** Marginal 80 (15%)

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 Kumarganj

- Nabagram1,726 people
- Paikpara1,712 people
- Gobindapur1,678 people
- Radhanagar1,614 people
- Chural Krishnapur1,521 people
- Barait1,424 people
- Sundarpur1,393 people
- Azadpur1,392 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sitahar?1,537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sitahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sitahar?83.8% (Census 2011)