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About Santipur Village

Santipur is a mid sized village in Bihpuria tehsil, in the district of Lakhimpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,243, made up of 615 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.73 hectares hectares.

Santipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santipur village
Description Value
State Assam
District Lakhimpur
Tehsil Bihpuria
Area (hectares) 223.73 hectares
Population 1,243
Male Population 615
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Santipur compares

By the 2011 count Santipur is the 58th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 223.73 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Santipur

Santipur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Santipur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ranga De Reserve, Rangajan, Reserve Gaon and Sandahkhowa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Santipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Santipur village had a population of 1,243. That makes it the 58th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Santipur village has 615 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santipur has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Santipur covers 223.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santipur falls under Bihpuria tehsil of Lakhimpur district in Assam.

The census record for Santipur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Santipur.

Santipur is in Bihpuria tehsil of Lakhimpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Santipur today is likely to be higher.

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