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About Santoshinagar Village

Santoshinagar is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,708, made up of 849 males and 859 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santoshinagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santoshinagar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Balrampur
Pincode 497107
Area (hectares) 371.76 hectares
Population 1,708
Male Population 849
Female Population 859
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santoshinagar compares

By the 2011 count Santoshinagar is the 10th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 371.76 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Santoshinagar

Santoshinagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Santoshinagar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Rajbandha, Ramnagar, Ramnagar Kalan and Ranhat. 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 Santoshinagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Santoshinagar village had a population of 1,708. That makes it the 10th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Santoshinagar village has 849 males and 859 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santoshinagar has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Santoshinagar is 497107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santoshinagar covers 371.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santoshinagar falls under Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Santoshinagar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Santoshinagar.

Santoshinagar is in Balrampur tehsil of Surguja 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 Santoshinagar today is likely to be higher.

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