# Shantara Village, Bamangola, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bamangola, Maldah 

# Shantara

Shantara is a village in Bamangola sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **773 people in 166 households**, the 65th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 773people (2011)
- 166households
- 76.5%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shantara

Of every 100 households in Shantara in 2011, 28 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shantara · ■ Bamangola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**59%

Tap water ****2%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****19%**

**23%

Television ****14%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**30%

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 Shantara?

■ Shantara · ■ Bamangola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**953

Working population ****45.1%**

**42.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 67.7% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 123 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (8%) · **■** Other work 45 (13%) · **■** Marginal 152 (44%)

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 Bamangola

- Gaur Nandanbati810 people
- Parameswarpur783 people
- Uttar Kasba776 people
- Mudipukur775 people
- Jot Haricharan755 people
- Udhail749 people
- Nepalpur743 people
- Mahespur742 people

[All 142 villages in Bamangola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/bamangola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shantara?773 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shantara in?Maldah district (Bamangola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shantara?76.5% (Census 2011)