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Santipur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Santipur is a medium size village located in Maldah (Old) Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 346 families residing. The Santipur village has population of 1668 of which 832 are males while 836 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santipur village population of children with age 0-6 is 279 which makes up 16.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santipur village is 1005 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santipur as per census is 1130, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Santipur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santipur village was 34.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santipur Male literacy stands at 43.37 % while female literacy rate was 26.45 %.

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

Santipur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,668 832 836
Child (0-6) 279 131 148
Schedule Caste 533 278 255
Schedule Tribe 352 169 183
Literacy 34.99 % 43.37 % 26.45 %
Total Workers 629 428 201
Main Worker 358 - -
Marginal Worker 271 163 108

Caste Factor

Santipur village of Maldah has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.95 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 21.10 % of total population in Santipur village.

Work Profile

In Santipur village out of total population, 629 were engaged in work activities. 56.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 629 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 253 were Agricultural labourer.