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Santoshpur Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Santoshpur is a medium size village located in RAMBHA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 243 families residing. The Santoshpur village has population of 1205 of which 605 are males while 600 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santoshpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 14.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santoshpur village is 992 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Santoshpur as per census is 1061, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Santoshpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Santoshpur village was 65.35 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Santoshpur Male literacy stands at 80.69 % while female literacy rate was 49.71 %.

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 243 - -
Population 1,205 605 600
Child (0-6) 169 82 87
Schedule Caste 385 181 204
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.35 % 80.69 % 49.71 %
Total Workers 392 285 107
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 222 149 73

Caste Factor

Santoshpur village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.95 % of total population in Santoshpur village. The village Santoshpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Santoshpur village out of total population, 392 were engaged in work activities. 43.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 392 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.