# Dakshin Santoshpur Village, Budge Budge - II – Population

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Santoshpur

Dakshin Santoshpur is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **278 people in 58 households**, the 60th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 278people (2011)
- 58households
- 59.4%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Santoshpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dakshin Santoshpur · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**44%

Tap water ****7%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**25%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****16%**

**46%

Television ****22%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dakshin Santoshpur?

■ Dakshin Santoshpur · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**981

Working population ****35.3%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 55.0% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (17%) · **■** Household industry 19 (19%) · **■** Other work 44 (45%) · **■** Marginal 16 (16%)

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 - II

- Charadongaria782 people
- Bahirchara723 people
- Dakshin Ramchandrapur711 people
- Banagram617 people
- Satsa257 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Santoshpur?278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Santoshpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Santoshpur?59.4% (Census 2011)