# Mansantosh Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Mansantosh

Mansantosh is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **896 people in 211 households**, the 89th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 896people (2011)
- 211households
- 79.5%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mansantosh

Of every 100 households in Mansantosh in 2011, 8 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mansantosh · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**17%

Tap water ****5%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****94%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mansantosh?

■ Mansantosh · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**940

Working population ****53.7%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 72.1% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (8%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (11%) · **■** Marginal 285 (59%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Dakshin Sautan Chak926 people
- Betalbasan913 people
- Nilkunthya907 people
- Kalidahi899 people
- Rautari870 people
- Kumarpur845 people
- Mallick Chak812 people
- Ghatual794 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mansantosh?896 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mansantosh in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mansantosh?79.5% (Census 2011)