# Santa Village, Goghat - I, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Goghat - I, Hugli 

# Santa

Santa is a village in Goghat - I sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,390 people in 300 households**, the 39th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 1,390people (2011)
- 300households
- 69.4%literacy
- 1,047females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santa

Of every 100 households in Santa in 2011, 80 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Santa · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**39%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**24%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****28%**

**44%

Television ****31%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Santa?

■ Santa · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****790**

**941

Working population ****30.1%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 62.8% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (11%) · **■** Marginal 109 (26%)

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 Goghat - I

- Mathura1,493 people
- Dhulepur1,487 people
- Mohanpur1,466 people
- Chatra1,408 people
- Kurmana1,382 people
- Khanati1,370 people
- Santoshpur1,337 people
- Chak Hari1,251 people

[All 99 villages in Goghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santa?1,390 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santa in?Hugli district (Goghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santa?69.4% (Census 2011)