# Sastanagar Village, Dantan - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Sastanagar

Sastanagar is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,344 people in 276 households**, the 34th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,344people (2011)
- 276households
- 69.5%literacy
- 1,071females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sastanagar

Of every 100 households in Sastanagar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sastanagar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****79%**

**62%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

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 Sastanagar?

■ Sastanagar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1071**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1099**

**963

Working population ****36.8%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 64.4% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 73 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (7%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 121 (24%) · **■** Marginal 262 (53%)

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 Dantan - I

- Krishnapur1,541 people
- Uchadiha1,428 people
- Pundra1,385 people
- Jaypur1,347 people
- Dakshin Amria1,340 people
- Mirjapur1,336 people
- Maheshpur1,308 people
- Bhikubar1,276 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sastanagar?1,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sastanagar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sastanagar?69.5% (Census 2011)