# Santai Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Santai

Santai is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,067 people in 240 households**, the 54th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,067people (2011)
- 240households
- 84.3%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santai

Of every 100 households in Santai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Santai · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**32%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****83%**

**60%

Television ****47%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Santai?

■ Santai · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****808**

**942

Working population ****56.5%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 76.5% for women. 66% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (16%) · **■** Marginal 370 (61%)

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 Pingla

- Baliswarpur1,102 people
- Belun1,099 people
- Tentul Muri1,091 people
- Uttar Bar1,069 people
- Upalda1,061 people
- Hatmalida1,031 people
- Samsara1,019 people
- Tildaganja994 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santai?1,067 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santai?84.3% (Census 2011)