Santoshpur
Bagnan-Ii block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711312
· village code 333097
Population 2011
2,150
Census of India
Population 2020
2,551
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.6%
401 people · 1.9% a year
Households
665
+41.2% vs 471 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,150
Male / female
1,109 / 1,041
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
321
Literacy rate
72.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
715
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
27.4%
Households
471
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
175
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
475
Non-farm households
190
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
17 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 12 / 6
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Antila panchayat, Bagnan-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
₹39.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.11 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹70.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.12 lakh · received ₹26.76 lakh · spent ₹23.58 lakh · left ₹14.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.79 lakh · received ₹38.35 lakh · spent ₹46.71 lakh · left ₹20.44 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4505, 87.9836 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Howrah district ·
School
staffing across Howrah ·
…and across West Bengal