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Sitahar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Sitahar is a medium size village located in Kumarganj Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 337 families residing. The Sitahar village has population of 1537 of which 804 are males while 733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sitahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 14.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sitahar village is 912 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sitahar as per census is 991, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sitahar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sitahar village was 83.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sitahar Male literacy stands at 87.57 % while female literacy rate was 79.58 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sitahar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sitahar village.

Sitahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,537 804 733
Child (0-6) 223 112 111
Schedule Caste 22 10 12
Schedule Tribe 25 16 9
Literacy 83.79 % 87.57 % 79.58 %
Total Workers 524 449 75
Main Worker 444 - -
Marginal Worker 80 59 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.63 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.43 % of total population in Sitahar village.

Work Profile

In Sitahar village out of total population, 524 were engaged in work activities. 84.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 524 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.