# Santoshpur Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,619 people in 345 households**, the 47th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,619people (2011)
- 345households
- 76.2%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**36%

Tap water ****14%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**81%

Use banking services ****50%**

**49%

Television ****17%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Santoshpur?

■ Santoshpur · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**952

Working population ****32.2%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 68.5% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (48%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 84 (16%) · **■** Marginal 126 (24%)

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 Jangipara

- Bilara1,674 people
- Toralpur1,653 people
- Bilaspur1,646 people
- Raspur1,632 people
- Dogachhia1,580 people
- Dakshindihi1,557 people
- Ranibazar1,546 people
- Mandaran Dilakash1,521 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?1,619 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?76.2% (Census 2011)