# Santoshpur Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,453 people in 328 households**, the 54th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 1,453people (2011)
- 328households
- 69.8%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****43%**

**46%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**41%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Santoshpur?

■ Santoshpur · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**959

Working population ****48.7%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 62.9% for women. 58% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 327 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (16%) · **■** Other work 17 (2%) · **■** Marginal 247 (35%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nalhati - I

- Gopagram1,593 people
- Diha1,535 people
- Sanketpur1,485 people
- Rameshwarpur1,453 people
- Painta1,427 people
- Kadashir1,393 people
- Pakha1,343 people
- Madna1,330 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?1,453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?69.8% (Census 2011)