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Santoshpur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Santoshpur is a large village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 462 families residing. The Santoshpur village has population of 2185 of which 1143 are males while 1042 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 348 which makes up 15.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santoshpur village is 912 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santoshpur as per census is 871, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Santoshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santoshpur village was 49.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santoshpur Male literacy stands at 53.19 % while female literacy rate was 45.68 %.

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 462 - -
Population 2,185 1,143 1,042
Child (0-6) 348 186 162
Schedule Caste 23 11 12
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 49.59 % 53.19 % 45.68 %
Total Workers 768 548 220
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 475 284 191

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.05 % of total population in Santoshpur village.

Work Profile

In Santoshpur village out of total population, 768 were engaged in work activities. 38.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 768 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.