# Chak Satihar Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Satihar

Chak Satihar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **488 people in 130 households**, the 171st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 488people (2011)
- 130households
- 56.2%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Satihar

Of every 100 households in Chak Satihar in 2011, 39 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Satihar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**75%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****9%**

**26%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**33%

Own their home ****84%**

**98%

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 Chak Satihar?

■ Chak Satihar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**954

Working population ****53.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.3% for men and 54.2% for women. 61% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (71%) · **■** Other work 42 (16%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Tapan

- Karanjara522 people
- Aihara497 people
- Chak Madhusudan497 people
- Bharila495 people
- Shaldanga485 people
- Sondhapukur483 people
- Dudhiakuri481 people
- Mahukuri479 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Satihar?488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Satihar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Satihar?56.2% (Census 2011)