# Samantakhanda Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Samantakhanda

Samantakhanda is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,973 people in 657 households**, the 16th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 2,973people (2011)
- 657households
- 77.3%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samantakhanda

Of every 100 households in Samantakhanda in 2011, 80 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samantakhanda · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**85%

Use banking services ****38%**

**40%

Television ****38%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Samantakhanda?

■ Samantakhanda · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**922

Working population ****34.2%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 71.8% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 268 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 388 (38%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 255 (25%) · **■** Marginal 92 (9%)

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 - II

- Anur3,320 people
- Betra3,262 people
- Kamarpukur3,121 people
- Paschim Para2,975 people
- Khatul2,643 people
- Debkhanda2,510 people
- Sundarpur2,505 people
- Laluka2,497 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samantakhanda?2,973 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samantakhanda in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samantakhanda?77.3% (Census 2011)