# Santosha Village, Bagda – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Santosha

Santosha is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,585 people in 593 households**, the 34th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,585people (2011)
- 593households
- 86.9%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santosha

Of every 100 households in Santosha in 2011, 71 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Santosha · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**7%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****33%**

**41%

Television ****41%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

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 Santosha?

■ Santosha · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.9%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**970

Working population ****43.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 83.2% for women. 58% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 280 (25%) · **■** Household industry 37 (3%) · **■** Other work 287 (26%) · **■** Marginal 336 (30%)

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 Bagda

- Kaniara2,790 people
- Ranghat2,745 people
- Par Krishnachandrapur2,682 people
- Hamkura2,602 people
- Thoara2,512 people
- Dhalani2,498 people
- Malidah2,472 people
- Harinathpur2,449 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santosha?2,585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santosha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santosha?86.9% (Census 2011)