# Santra Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Santra

Santra is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,612 people in 567 households**, the 13th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 2,612people (2011)
- 567households
- 92.7%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santra

Of every 100 households in Santra in 2011, 47 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Santra · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**88%

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

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**89%

Use banking services ****54%**

**51%

Television ****16%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Santra?

■ Santra · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.7%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**929

Working population ****35.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 87.0% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (14%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 282 (31%) · **■** Marginal 452 (49%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Santeshwarpur2,857 people
- Purba Mukundapur2,766 people
- Purushottampur2,715 people
- Gobra2,661 people
- Dihibir Kul2,430 people
- Juki2,410 people
- Bara Solemanpur2,321 people
- Durgapur2,194 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santra?2,612 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santra in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santra?92.7% (Census 2011)