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Santra Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Santra is a large village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 567 families residing. The Santra village has population of 2612 of which 1372 are males while 1240 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santra village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 10.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santra village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santra as per census is 914, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Santra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santra village was 92.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santra Male literacy stands at 97.81 % while female literacy rate was 86.97 %.

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

Santra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 567 - -
Population 2,612 1,372 1,240
Child (0-6) 266 139 127
Schedule Caste 14 8 6
Schedule Tribe 20 8 12
Literacy 92.67 % 97.81 % 86.97 %
Total Workers 919 767 152
Main Worker 467 - -
Marginal Worker 452 327 125

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.54 % of total population in Santra village.

Work Profile

In Santra village out of total population, 919 were engaged in work activities. 50.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 919 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.