# Santoshpur Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,481 people in 309 households**, the 40th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,481people (2011)
- 309households
- 75.0%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Santoshpur

Of every 100 households in Santoshpur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Santoshpur · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****70%**

**34%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**44%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Santoshpur?

■ Santoshpur · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**977

Working population ****31.9%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 69.6% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 80 (17%) · **■** Other work 306 (65%) · **■** Marginal 77 (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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Chousa1,692 people
- Bhogpunji1,660 people
- Kalicharanpur1,660 people
- Matra1,587 people
- Kankura1,456 people
- Raghunathnagar1,342 people
- Narayanpur1,341 people
- Bahadurpur1,331 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Santoshpur?1,481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Santoshpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Santoshpur?75.0% (Census 2011)