# Surta Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Surta

Surta is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **240 people in 43 households**, the 192nd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 240people (2011)
- 43households
- 43.5%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Surta

Of every 100 households in Surta in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Surta · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Surta?

■ Surta · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1700**

**943

Working population ****46.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.8% for men and 45.5% for women. 51% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (84%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Karandighi

- Phulbari296 people
- Roshanganj280 people
- Chunamari278 people
- Jaynagra242 people
- Sahapur239 people
- Majhauk215 people
- Dakishin Maheshpur160 people
- Jotilamat150 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Surta?240 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surta in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Surta?43.5% (Census 2011)