# Santoshpur Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **759 people in 187 households**, the 70th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 759people (2011)
- 187households
- 73.2%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**13%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**92%

Use banking services ****75%**

**42%

Television ****21%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

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 · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1184**

**963

Working population ****34.8%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 63.8% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (6%) · **■** Household industry 61 (23%) · **■** Other work 41 (16%) · **■** Marginal 50 (19%)

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 Kandi

- Uttar Lakshmi Narayanpur898 people
- Belun869 people
- Khordda Narayanpur829 people
- Rajarampur774 people
- Nisadbag Jhaubari753 people
- Kaya744 people
- Rasora738 people
- Rayabati736 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?73.2% (Census 2011)