Santoshpur
Beldanga-Ii block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742163
· village code 315634
Population 2011
645
Census of India
Population 2020
927
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+43.7%
282 people · 4.1% a year
Households
153
+2.7% vs 149 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
645
Male / female
330 / 315
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
98
Literacy rate
55.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
190
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
52.1%
Households
149
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
80
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
112
Non-farm households
41
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
16 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
16 / 3 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kamnagar panchayat, Beldanga-Ii 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
₹88.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.74 lakh
Received directly
₹28,528
Spent
₹1.02 crore
Unspent at year end
₹65.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.28 lakh · received ₹31.95 lakh · spent ₹31.76 lakh · left ₹28.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹60.65 lakh · received ₹45.79 lakh · spent ₹69.97 lakh · left ₹36.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8739, 88.1947 —
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