# Santoshpur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,063 people in 929 households**, the 8th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 4,063people (2011)
- 929households
- 77.4%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**28%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**80%

Use banking services ****62%**

**55%

Television ****31%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**949

Working population ****37.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 71.8% for women. 66% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 604 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (15%) · **■** Household industry 31 (2%) · **■** Other work 398 (26%) · **■** Marginal 279 (18%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Moktarpur6,364 people
- Baligari5,845 people
- Talpur5,389 people
- Bhanjipur4,433 people
- Binagram3,950 people
- Mirzapur3,909 people
- Laskarpur3,587 people
- Naita3,506 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?4,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?77.4% (Census 2011)