# Sontoshpur Village, Budge Budge - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sontoshpur

Sontoshpur is a village in Budge Budge - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,808 people in 710 households**, the 6th largest of 13 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.7%.

- 2,808people (2011)
- 710households
- 81.5%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sontoshpur

Of every 100 households in Sontoshpur in 2011, 84 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sontoshpur · ■ Budge Budge - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**28%

Tap water ****25%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**82%

Use banking services ****46%**

**46%

Television ****60%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**13%

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 Sontoshpur?

■ Sontoshpur · ■ Budge Budge - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**80.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**921

Working population ****40.4%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 77.6% for women. 64% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (3%) · **■** Household industry 43 (4%) · **■** Other work 709 (63%) · **■** Marginal 327 (29%)

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 Budge Budge - I

- Jagatballavpur3,653 people
- Durgapur3,364 people
- Chingripota3,003 people
- Chak Nabasan2,958 people
- Betuabati2,100 people
- Nandarampur1,631 people
- Moukhali1,587 people
- Kisorpur1,193 people

[All 13 villages in Budge Budge - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sontoshpur?2,808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sontoshpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sontoshpur?81.5% (Census 2011)