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About Satakhanda Village

Satakhanda is a mid sized village in Balurghat tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 540, made up of 278 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Satakhanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Satakhanda village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Balurghat
Pincode 733103
Area (hectares) 97.7 hectares
Population 540
Male Population 278
Female Population 262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Satakhanda compares

By the 2011 count Satakhanda is the 147th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 97.7 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Satakhanda

Satakhanda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Satakhanda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Santara, Santosh Palasdanga, Sarangbari and Sarangoan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Satakhanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Satakhanda village had a population of 540. That makes it the 147th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Satakhanda village has 278 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Satakhanda has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Satakhanda is 733103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Satakhanda covers 97.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Satakhanda falls under Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Satakhanda notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Satakhanda.

Satakhanda is in Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Satakhanda today is likely to be higher.

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