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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Satra is a village in Arsha mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 5,857 across 1,024 households. The village has a literacy rate of 33% and is located at postal code 723154.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DIBANGANA KUMAR
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- LGD code
- 331224
- Pincode
- 723154
- Post office
- Sirkabad
- Population
- 5,857
- Households
- 1,024
- Literacy rate
- 33%
- Sex ratio
- 943 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,904
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 225 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1046 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamna railway station · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Purullia Leprosy Home & Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Satra compares
By population, Satra ranks #3 of 96 villages in Arsha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.0%
−12.5% vs mandal average
- Satra
- 33.0%
- Arsha mandal
- 45.5%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
943
−31 vs mandal average
- Satra
- 943
- Arsha mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Satra
- 5.7
- Arsha mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Satra at a glance
Satra is a village of 5,857 people in 1,024 households (Census 2011) in Arsha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 3rd-largest of 96 villages in Arsha block. Literacy is 33%, 13 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Purulia district centre, 22 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 5 km from Tamna railway station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723154, served by Sirkabad post office; the LGD village code is 331224. The nearest hospital or health centre is Purullia Leprosy Home & Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is DIBANGANA KUMAR, and the village votes in Balarampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jaladhar Mahato. The population is estimated at 6,552 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Satra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,478.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.51
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Satra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Satra
- LGD code
- 331224
- Pincode
- 723154
- Post office
- Sirkabad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,857
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,552
- Households
- 1,024
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 943
- Literacy rate
- 33.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.28926°N, 86.30699°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Balarampur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jaladhar Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DIBANGANA KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Arsha
Getting there
How to reach Satra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata225 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1046 km
- Delhi1085 km
- Chennai1301 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTamna railway station5 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand7 km
- Hospital / PHCPurullia Leprosy Home & Hospital5 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump (Tata Route)6 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University9 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station51 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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