About Santhua Village

Santhua is a mid sized village in Rafiganj tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,139, made up of 604 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santhua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santhua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Rafiganj
Pincode	824125
Area (hectares)	190 hectares
Population	1,139
Male Population	604
Female Population	535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santhua compares

By the 2011 count Santhua is the 93rd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents. Its 190 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Santhua

Santhua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Santhua as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Santhua from other places

Santhua lies about 23 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about 4.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Santhua
Nearest railway station	Dev Road Halt	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rafiganj	8.2 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	23 km

Villages closest to Santhua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rafiganj tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Santhua

As per the Census of India 2011, Santhua village had a population of 1,139. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents.

Santhua village has 604 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santhua has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Santhua is 824125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santhua covers 190 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santhua falls under Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Santhua is Dev Road Halt, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Santhua is about 23 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santhua is in Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district. Dev Road Halt is about 4.0 km away. Rafiganj is about 8.2 km away. Aurangabad is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.