# Sakair Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sakair

Sakair is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,233 people in 305 households**, the 58th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,233people (2011)
- 305households
- 68.4%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sakair

Of every 100 households in Sakair in 2011, 27 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sakair · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**94%

Use banking services ****30%**

**26%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sakair?

■ Sakair · ■ Tapan rural average

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

**68.6%

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

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**954

Working population ****44.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 63.3% for women. 58% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 156 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (41%) · **■** Other work 37 (7%) · **■** Marginal 130 (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 Tapan

- Ghatika1,318 people
- Malahar1,302 people
- Daing Malancha1,234 people
- Fatepur1,233 people
- Dubahar1,217 people
- Kadoa Jagadisbati1,185 people
- Chak Balaram1,183 people
- Khosalpur1,177 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sakair?1,233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sakair?68.4% (Census 2011)