Uttar Satali is a census town in the Kalchini CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the

Alipurduar district Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district. Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River on the foothills of the Himalayas, the city is a gateway to Bhutan and ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Uttar Satali is located at .

Area overview

Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the

Dooars The Dooars or Duars ( as, দুৱাৰ, duar, rkt, দুৱাৰ, duar, bn, দুয়ার, duyar) () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the ...

in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...

in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Uttar Satali had a total population of 18,454. There were 14,405 (78%) males and 4,049 (22%) females. There were 1,594 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Uttar Satali was 1,642 (97.40% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri'', Uttar Satali covered an area of 4.9089 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tap water from untreated sources. It had 1,375 domestic electric connections, 200 road lighting point. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 1 maternity & child welfare centre. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at

Alipurduar Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district. Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River on the foothills of the Himalayas, the city is a gateway to Bhutan and ...

35 km away. It had office of 1 nationalised bank.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 4 beds, at Satali (PO Satali Mondalpur).

References

Cities and towns in Alipurduar district {{Alipurduar-geo-stub