Sattur has good amenities such as banks, railway stations, bus stands and ATMs .

[2] As per the religious census of 2011, Sattur had 91.3% Hindus, 3.45% Muslims, 5.13% Christians, 0.01% Sikhs, 0.02% Jains, and 0.09% following other religions.

Sattur is well known as a fountain-pen nib, steel rolling mills and tongue cleaner manufacturing center.

Other small scale cottage units like Printing press, Fireworks and Match box/Matchstick industries are also present, scattered around the town.

Also, there are timber depots and raw material suppliers exclusively for the safety match and firework sectors in this area.

Match-stick frames (a collection of wood-strips to hold individual match sticks), Racks (stacks holding individual frames), and various other items for match factories continue to be supplied locally as also to various other parts of Tamil Nadu.

Log-wood, another raw material for these industry, is procured from other nearby towns such as Tenkasi, Nagercoil and the neighboring state Kerala.

Direct Trains are available to Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Mumbai, Mysuru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and New Delhi.

Direct buses are available to Chennai,Bangalore,Puducherry,Velankanni,Vellore,Coimbatore,Tiruppur,Erode,Salem.