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Shantipur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Shantipur is a large village located in Goghat - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 823 families residing. The Shantipur village has population of 3768 of which 1953 are males while 1815 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shantipur village population of children with age 0-6 is 440 which makes up 11.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shantipur village is 929 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shantipur as per census is 864, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shantipur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shantipur village was 69.95 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shantipur Male literacy stands at 79.91 % while female literacy rate was 59.34 %.

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

Shantipur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 823 - -
Population 3,768 1,953 1,815
Child (0-6) 440 236 204
Schedule Caste 808 407 401
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.95 % 79.91 % 59.34 %
Total Workers 1,589 1,191 398
Main Worker 991 - -
Marginal Worker 598 335 263

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.44 % of total population in Shantipur village. The village Shantipur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shantipur village out of total population, 1589 were engaged in work activities. 62.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1589 workers engaged in Main Work, 328 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 485 were Agricultural labourer.