# Satkhanda Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Satkhanda

Satkhanda is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,074 people in 258 households**, the 45th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,074people (2011)
- 258households
- 86.4%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Satkhanda

Of every 100 households in Satkhanda in 2011, 26 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Satkhanda · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**10%

Tap water ****49%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**37%

Television ****6%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Satkhanda?

■ Satkhanda · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**926

Working population ****58.7%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 77.3% for women. 71% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (32%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 256 (41%)

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 Egra - I

- Shatkanai1,159 people
- Akandi1,142 people
- Sannihari1,125 people
- Shikra Chakadei1,078 people
- Bilbara1,057 people
- Khodkol1,045 people
- Biharipur1,015 people
- Gahabi1,014 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Satkhanda?1,074 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Satkhanda in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Satkhanda?86.4% (Census 2011)