Santoshpur
Sagardighi block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742226
· village code 314329
Population 2011
1,786
Census of India
Population 2020
2,526
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.4%
740 people · 3.9% a year
Households
544
+25.9% vs 432 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,786
Male / female
919 / 867
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
205
Literacy rate
59.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
40 / 1
Working population
570
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.9%
Households
432
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
385
Non-farm households
102
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
42 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
42 / 25 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sagardighi panchayat, Sagardighi zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹64.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.16 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.06 crore
Unspent at year end
₹74.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.28 lakh · received ₹47.88 lakh · spent ₹43.38 lakh · left ₹27.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.27 lakh · received ₹68.53 lakh · spent ₹63.11 lakh · left ₹46.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3243, 88.1099 —
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