Santoshpur
Bongaon block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743710
· village code 322625
Population 2011
4,168
Census of India
Population 2020
5,530
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.7%
1,362 people · 3.2% a year
Households
1,115
+12.2% vs 994 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,168
Male / female
2,229 / 1,939
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
870
Children aged 0–6
427
Literacy rate
75.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
773 / 2
Working population
1,383
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.5%
Households
994
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
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
210
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1
Non-farm households
1,112
Share of households farming, 2020
0%
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 125 / 56
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Akaipur panchayat, Bongaon 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
₹96.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹99.23 lakh
Received directly
₹2.19 lakh
Spent
₹98.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹99.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.99 lakh · received ₹40.82 lakh · spent ₹40.22 lakh · left ₹28.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹70.84 lakh · received ₹58.41 lakh · spent ₹58.48 lakh · left ₹70.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1171, 88.7281 —
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