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Santoshpur Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Santoshpur is a medium size village located in Basta Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 242 families residing. The Santoshpur village has population of 1097 of which 561 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 17.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santoshpur village is 955 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Santoshpur as per census is 1055, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Santoshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Santoshpur village was 68.68 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Santoshpur Male literacy stands at 75.53 % while female literacy rate was 61.36 %.

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 242 - -
Population 1,097 561 536
Child (0-6) 187 91 96
Schedule Caste 373 202 171
Schedule Tribe 348 171 177
Literacy 68.68 % 75.53 % 61.36 %
Total Workers 520 309 211
Main Worker 139 - -
Marginal Worker 381 184 197

Caste Factor

In Santoshpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 31.72 % of total population in Santoshpur village.

Work Profile

In Santoshpur village out of total population, 520 were engaged in work activities. 26.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 520 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.