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Santara Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Santara is a medium size village located in Indus Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 87 families residing. The Santara village has population of 406 of which 209 are males while 197 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santara village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 16.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santara village is 943 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santara as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Santara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santara village was 81.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santara Male literacy stands at 89.20 % while female literacy rate was 72.56 %.

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

Santara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 406 209 197
Child (0-6) 66 33 33
Schedule Caste 163 78 85
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.18 % 89.20 % 72.56 %
Total Workers 108 100 8
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 64 61 3

Caste Factor

In Santara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.15 % of total population in Santara village. The village Santara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Santara village out of total population, 108 were engaged in work activities. 40.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 108 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.