# Santoshpur Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,786 people in 432 households**, the 54th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,786people (2011)
- 432households
- 67.2%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 29 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**83%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****80%**

**39%

Own their home ****73%**

**95%

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 · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1113**

**954

Working population ****31.9%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 64.0% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 210 (37%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 172 (30%) · **■** Marginal 39 (7%)

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 Sagardighi

- Kherur1,863 people
- Uttar Ramnagar1,807 people
- Pauli1,803 people
- Haldi1,802 people
- Sahapur1,750 people
- Sihara1,738 people
- Telangal1,722 people
- Ghuguridanga1,713 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?1,786 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?67.2% (Census 2011)