# Benikandar Alias Satvita Village, Islampur – Population

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Benikandar Alias Satvita

Benikandar Alias Satvita is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,093 people in 163 households**, the 74th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,093people (2011)
- 163households
- 77.3%literacy
- 559females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benikandar Alias Satvita

Of every 100 households in Benikandar Alias Satvita in 2011, 78 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Benikandar Alias Satvita · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**62%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**20%

Television ****40%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**40%

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 Benikandar Alias Satvita?

■ Benikandar Alias Satvita · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****559**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**967

Working population ****60.9%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 54.0% for women. 73% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (11%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 337 (51%) · **■** Marginal 142 (21%)

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 Islampur

- Bairjhari1,184 people
- Baniani Kismat1,153 people
- Gobindapur1,110 people
- Girnabari1,097 people
- Ghoramara1,077 people
- Topamari1,051 people
- Paschim Mankadanga1,011 people
- Madaripur970 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benikandar Alias Satvita?1,093 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benikandar Alias Satvita in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benikandar Alias Satvita?77.3% (Census 2011)