Santoshpur
Kandi block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742138
· village code 315265
Population 2011
759
Census of India
Population 2020
775
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.1%
16 people · 0.2% a year
Households
192
+2.7% vs 187 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
759
Male / female
380 / 379
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
997
Children aged 0–6
83
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
208 / 33
Working population
264
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.2%
Households
187
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
68
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
156
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
45 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
45 / 15 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Andulia panchayat, Kandi 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
₹56.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹73.32 lakh
Received directly
₹64,568
Spent
₹85.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.03 lakh · received ₹30.13 lakh · spent ₹22.86 lakh · left ₹19.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.29 lakh · received ₹43.19 lakh · spent ₹62.29 lakh · left ₹25.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0791, 87.9701 —
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