# Santoshpur Village, Rampurhat - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - II, Birbhum 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Rampurhat - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,674 people in 442 households**, the 31st largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 1,674people (2011)
- 442households
- 70.8%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****9%**

**27%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****64%**

**56%

Own their home ****92%**

**91%

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 · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

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

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****816**

**942

Working population ****30.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 64.9% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 42 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (36%) · **■** Other work 80 (16%) · **■** Marginal 205 (40%)

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 Rampurhat - II

- Dakshin Narayanpur1,747 people
- Kalidaha1,725 people
- Nabagram1,721 people
- Kayemba1,677 people
- Kaluha1,661 people
- Uttar Shibpur1,622 people
- Purba Anantapur1,618 people
- Ekdala1,615 people

[All 94 villages in Rampurhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?1,674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?70.8% (Census 2011)