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Santoshpur Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Santoshpur is a medium size village located in Raghunathganj - I Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 317 families residing. The Santoshpur village has population of 1708 of which 874 are males while 834 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 15.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santoshpur village is 954 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santoshpur as per census is 1081, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Santoshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santoshpur village was 60.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santoshpur Male literacy stands at 62.93 % while female literacy rate was 57.29 %.

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 317 - -
Population 1,708 874 834
Child (0-6) 258 124 134
Schedule Caste 150 78 72
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.21 % 62.93 % 57.29 %
Total Workers 841 525 316
Main Worker 758 - -
Marginal Worker 83 49 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.78 % 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, 841 were engaged in work activities. 90.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 841 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.