Santoshpur
Nalhati-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731243
· village code 316177
Population 2011
1,453
Census of India
Population 2020
1,860
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.0%
407 people · 2.8% a year
Households
382
+16.5% vs 328 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,453
Male / female
737 / 716
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
183
Literacy rate
61.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
160 / 948
Working population
707
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.6%
Households
328
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
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 2 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
89
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 35 / 9
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Haridaspur panchayat, Nalhati-I 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
₹45.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.09 lakh
Received directly
₹48,196
Spent
₹83.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.29 lakh · received ₹37.84 lakh · spent ₹28.78 lakh · left ₹22.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.03 lakh · received ₹54.24 lakh · spent ₹54.30 lakh · left ₹31.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2703, 87.7562 —
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