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Santapur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Santapur is a large village located in Ratua - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 1126 families residing. The Santapur village has population of 5322 of which 2679 are males while 2643 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 988 which makes up 18.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santapur village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santapur as per census is 907, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Santapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santapur village was 51.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santapur Male literacy stands at 48.40 % while female literacy rate was 55.22 %.

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

Santapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,126 - -
Population 5,322 2,679 2,643
Child (0-6) 988 518 470
Schedule Caste 7 4 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.82 % 48.40 % 55.22 %
Total Workers 1,817 1,435 382
Main Worker 1,047 - -
Marginal Worker 770 460 310

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.13 % of total population in Santapur village. The village Santapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Santapur village out of total population, 1817 were engaged in work activities. 57.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1817 workers engaged in Main Work, 326 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 584 were Agricultural labourer.