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Santa Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Santa is a medium size village located in Goghat - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 300 families residing. The Santa village has population of 1390 of which 679 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santa village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 10.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santa village is 1047 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santa as per census is 790, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Santa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santa village was 69.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santa Male literacy stands at 76.59 % while female literacy rate was 62.75 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Santa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Santa village.

Santa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 1,390 679 711
Child (0-6) 145 81 64
Schedule Caste 541 261 280
Schedule Tribe 221 107 114
Literacy 69.40 % 76.59 % 62.75 %
Total Workers 419 382 37
Main Worker 310 - -
Marginal Worker 109 96 13

Caste Factor

In Santa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.92 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.90 % of total population in Santa village.

Work Profile

In Santa village out of total population, 419 were engaged in work activities. 73.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 419 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.