Santoshpur
Dantan-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721435
· village code 343939
Population 2011
1,429
Census of India
Population 2020
1,523
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.6%
94 people · 0.7% a year
Households
332
+6.1% vs 313 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,429
Male / female
719 / 710
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
987
Children aged 0–6
155
Literacy rate
71.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
242 / 398
Working population
591
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.9%
Households
313
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
301
Non-farm households
31
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 25 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jenkapur panchayat, Dantan-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
₹40.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.54 lakh
Received directly
₹37,509
Spent
₹83.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.69 lakh · received ₹28.17 lakh · spent ₹34.69 lakh · left ₹12.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.75 lakh · received ₹40.37 lakh · spent ₹48.37 lakh · left ₹13.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8872, 87.3238 —
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