# Santoshpur Village, Haringhata, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Haringhata, Nadia 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Haringhata sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,280 people in 316 households**, the 59th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,280people (2011)
- 316households
- 90.0%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Haringhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**12%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**89%

Use banking services ****76%**

**43%

Television ****56%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 · ■ Haringhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.0%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**960

Working population ****32.1%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 86.7% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 65 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (6%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 286 (70%) · **■** Marginal 31 (8%)

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 Haringhata

- Hazrabelia1,416 people
- Hatikanda1,401 people
- Panchkahania1,400 people
- Basantapur1,301 people
- Par Majdia1,231 people
- Paschim Satbaria1,215 people
- Thansara1,182 people
- Hazra Pota1,166 people

[All 83 villages in Haringhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/haringhata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?1,280 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?Nadia district (Haringhata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?90.0% (Census 2011)