# Sitalbas Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Sitalbas

Sitalbas is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,157 people in 498 households**, the 47th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 2,157people (2011)
- 498households
- 63.0%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sitalbas

Of every 100 households in Sitalbas in 2011, 6 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sitalbas · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**47%

Tap water ****48%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**83%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**40%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sitalbas?

■ Sitalbas · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**942

Working population ****47.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 55.2% for women. 59% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 392 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (18%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 74 (7%) · **■** Marginal 371 (36%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Bara Atharakotha2,275 people
- Moamari2,231 people
- Harinchaowra2,216 people
- Silkhuri Bas2,175 people
- Lankabar2,137 people
- Kachamari2,104 people
- Charaker Kuthi Dewanbas2,091 people
- Chhat Elajan2,063 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sitalbas?2,157 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sitalbas in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sitalbas?63.0% (Census 2011)