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Santoshpur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Santoshpur is a medium size village located in Goghat - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 321 families residing. The Santoshpur village has population of 1337 of which 669 are males while 668 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 10.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santoshpur village is 999 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santoshpur as per census is 1000, 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 64.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santoshpur Male literacy stands at 70.95 % while female literacy rate was 58.53 %.

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 321 - -
Population 1,337 669 668
Child (0-6) 140 70 70
Schedule Caste 980 496 484
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.75 % 70.95 % 58.53 %
Total Workers 511 393 118
Main Worker 389 - -
Marginal Worker 122 91 31

Caste Factor

In Santoshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.30 % 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, 511 were engaged in work activities. 76.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 511 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.