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Santail Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Santail is a medium size village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 132 families residing. The Santail village has population of 586 of which 287 are males while 299 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santail village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 15.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santail village is 1042 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santail as per census is 875, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Santail village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santail village was 44.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santail Male literacy stands at 51.05 % while female literacy rate was 38.91 %.

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

Santail Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 586 287 299
Child (0-6) 90 48 42
Schedule Caste 53 27 26
Schedule Tribe 353 170 183
Literacy 44.76 % 51.05 % 38.91 %
Total Workers 277 177 100
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 150 63 87

Caste Factor

In Santail village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.24 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.04 % of total population in Santail village.

Work Profile

In Santail village out of total population, 277 were engaged in work activities. 45.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 277 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.