# Saontal Motha Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Saontal Motha

Saontal Motha is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **452 people in 82 households**, the 69th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 452people (2011)
- 82households
- 45.4%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saontal Motha

Of every 100 households in Saontal Motha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saontal Motha · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**88%

Tap water ****2%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**2%

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

**66%

Use banking services ****12%**

**57%

Television ****6%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**14%

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

**2%

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

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Saontal Motha?

■ Saontal Motha · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.4%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**967

Working population ****62.8%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.2% for men and 35.3% for women. 67% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 17 (6%) · **■** Marginal 218 (77%)

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 Neturia

- Shihulibari483 people
- Pahariabera468 people
- Mangram463 people
- Nawada458 people
- Lalpur451 people
- Kulbana432 people
- Kuthibari426 people
- Dhangajor424 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saontal Motha?452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saontal Motha in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saontal Motha?45.4% (Census 2011)