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Santaldih Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Santaldih is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 163 families residing. The Santaldih village has population of 961 of which 524 are males while 437 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santaldih village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 11.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santaldih village is 834 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Santaldih as per census is 864, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Santaldih village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Santaldih village was 72.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Santaldih Male literacy stands at 86.02 % while female literacy rate was 56.22 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Santaldih 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 Santaldih village.

Santaldih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 163 - -
Population 961 524 437
Child (0-6) 110 59 51
Schedule Caste 314 165 149
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.50 % 86.02 % 56.22 %
Total Workers 311 280 31
Main Worker 213 - -
Marginal Worker 98 86 12

Caste Factor

Santaldih village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.67 % of total population in Santaldih village. The village Santaldih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Santaldih village out of total population, 311 were engaged in work activities. 68.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 311 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.