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About Santwan Village

Santwan is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 121 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santwan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 176022
Area (hectares) 112.64 hectares
Population 242
Male Population 121
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Santwan compares

By the 2011 count Santwan is the 79th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 112.64 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Santwan

Santwan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Santwan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Santwan from other places

Santwan lies about 44 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 17 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 Santwan
Nearest town Talwāra 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 18 km
District headquarters Kangra 44 km

Villages closest to Santwan

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

Common questions about Santwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Santwan village had a population of 242. That makes it the 79th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Santwan village has 121 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santwan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Santwan is 176022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santwan covers 112.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santwan falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Santwan is Kartoli Punjab, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Santwan.

Santwan is about 44 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santwan is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 6.5 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 17 km away. Fatehpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Re Khas (4.3 km), Palah (4.4 km) and Bela Thakran (4.5 km).

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

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