# Santoshpur Village, Nanoor, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Nanoor, Birbhum 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Nanoor sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **945 people in 219 households**, the 83rd largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 945people (2011)
- 219households
- 70.8%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Nanoor rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**23%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****90%**

**61%

Television ****29%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 · ■ Nanoor rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1183**

**968

Working population ****36.5%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 63.8% for women. 61% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 119 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (32%) · **■** Other work 44 (13%) · **■** Marginal 71 (21%)

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 Nanoor

- Munigram985 people
- Kurgram983 people
- Husenpur949 people
- Pena947 people
- Mangalpur943 people
- Tilutia934 people
- Dhapdhara922 people
- Garpara910 people

[All 137 villages in Nanoor](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nanoor/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?945 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?Birbhum district (Nanoor sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?70.8% (Census 2011)