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Santoshpur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Santoshpur is a medium size village located in Nalhati - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 328 families residing. The Santoshpur village has population of 1453 of which 737 are males while 716 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 12.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santoshpur village is 972 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santoshpur as per census is 830, 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 69.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santoshpur Male literacy stands at 76.61 % while female literacy rate was 62.88 %.

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 328 - -
Population 1,453 737 716
Child (0-6) 183 100 83
Schedule Caste 160 83 77
Schedule Tribe 948 484 464
Literacy 69.76 % 76.61 % 62.88 %
Total Workers 707 429 278
Main Worker 460 - -
Marginal Worker 247 76 171

Caste Factor

In Santoshpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.24 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.01 % of total population in Santoshpur village.

Work Profile

In Santoshpur village out of total population, 707 were engaged in work activities. 65.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 707 workers engaged in Main Work, 327 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.