About Santola Village

Santola is a small village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 133 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.9 hectares hectares.

Santola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santola village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	55.9 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	133
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Santola compares

By the 2011 count Santola is the 173rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 55.9 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Santola

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

How far is Santola from other places

Santola lies about 30 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Azamnagar Road, about under 2 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 Santola
Nearest railway station	Azamnagar Road	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	3.7 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	27 km
District headquarters	Katihar	30 km

Villages closest to Santola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Azamnagar 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 Santola

As per the Census of India 2011, Santola village had a population of 278. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Santola village has 133 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santola has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Santola covers 55.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santola falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Santola is Azamnagar Road, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Santola.

Santola is about 30 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santola is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Azamnagar Road is about under 2 km away. Azamnagar is about 3.7 km away. Rāiganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.