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Santoshpur Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Santoshpur is a medium size village located in Bisra Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 334 families residing. The Santoshpur village has population of 1637 of which 807 are males while 830 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 12.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santoshpur village is 1029 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Santoshpur as per census is 923, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Santoshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Santoshpur village was 71.40 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Santoshpur Male literacy stands at 81.79 % while female literacy rate was 61.44 %.

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 334 - -
Population 1,637 807 830
Child (0-6) 200 104 96
Schedule Caste 14 7 7
Schedule Tribe 1,233 606 627
Literacy 71.40 % 81.79 % 61.44 %
Total Workers 564 433 131
Main Worker 426 - -
Marginal Worker 138 70 68

Caste Factor

In Santoshpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.86 % of total population in Santoshpur village.

Work Profile

In Santoshpur village out of total population, 564 were engaged in work activities. 75.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 564 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.