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Santoshpur Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Santoshpur is a large village located in Tufanganj - I Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 818 families residing. The Santoshpur village has population of 3381 of which 1757 are males while 1624 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 399 which makes up 11.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santoshpur village is 924 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santoshpur as per census is 956, equal than West Bengal average of 956.

Santoshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santoshpur village was 65.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santoshpur Male literacy stands at 70.83 % while female literacy rate was 59.27 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Santoshpur 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 Santoshpur village.

Santoshpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 818 - -
Population 3,381 1,757 1,624
Child (0-6) 399 204 195
Schedule Caste 1,627 823 804
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.29 % 70.83 % 59.27 %
Total Workers 1,274 1,080 194
Main Worker 1,002 - -
Marginal Worker 272 151 121

Caste Factor

In Santoshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.12 % of total population in Santoshpur village. The village Santoshpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Santoshpur village out of total population, 1274 were engaged in work activities. 78.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1274 workers engaged in Main Work, 481 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 280 were Agricultural labourer.