# Santoshpur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,168 people in 994 households**, the 23rd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 4,168people (2011)
- 994households
- 84.4%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**19%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****21%**

**38%

Television ****13%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****30%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**962

Working population ****33.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 81.4% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 294 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 569 (41%) · **■** Household industry 45 (3%) · **■** Other work 254 (18%) · **■** Marginal 221 (16%)

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 Bongaon

- Bharatpur4,400 people
- Bhashanpota4,376 people
- Dighari4,241 people
- Tengra4,226 people
- Sanakpur4,057 people
- Sabhaipur4,032 people
- Kamdebpur4,011 people
- Gobrapur3,912 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?4,168 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?84.4% (Census 2011)