About Santej Village

Santej is one of the larger villages in Kalol tehsil, in the district of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,493, made up of 3,974 males and 3,519 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2108.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382721, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santej Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santej village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Gandhinagar
Tehsil	Kalol
Pincode	382721
Area (hectares)	2108.02 hectares
Population	7,493
Male Population	3,974
Female Population	3,519
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santej compares

By the 2011 count Santej is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,960 residents. Its 2108.02 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Santej

Santej is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Santej as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Santej from other places

Santej lies about 24 km from Gandhinagar, and the nearest railway station is Ambli Road, about 6.4 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 Santej
Nearest railway station	Ambli Road	6.4 km
Nearest town	Bopal	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalol	16 km
District headquarters	Gandhinagar	24 km

Villages closest to Santej

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santej village had a population of 7,493. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,960 residents.

Santej village has 3,974 males and 3,519 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santej has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Santej is 382721. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santej covers 2108.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santej falls under Kalol tehsil of Gandhinagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Santej is Ambli Road, about 6.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Santej.

Santej is about 24 km from Gandhinagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santej is in Kalol tehsil of Gandhinagar district. Ambli Road is about 6.4 km away. Bopal is about 8.3 km away. Kalol is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.