About Santhemavathur Village

Santhemavathur is a mid sized village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,614, made up of 816 males and 798 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santhemavathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santhemavathur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Kunigal
Pincode	572130
Area (hectares)	351.12 hectares
Population	1,614
Male Population	816
Female Population	798
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santhemavathur compares

By the 2011 count Santhemavathur is the 16th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 351.12 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Santhemavathur

Santhemavathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Santhemavathur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Santhemavathur from other places

Santhemavathur lies about 46 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kunigal, about 9.2 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 Santhemavathur
Nearest railway station	Kunigal	9.2 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	46 km

Villages closest to Santhemavathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santhemavathur village had a population of 1,614. That makes it the 16th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Santhemavathur village has 816 males and 798 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santhemavathur has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Santhemavathur is 572130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santhemavathur covers 351.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santhemavathur falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Santhemavathur is Kunigal, about 9.2 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 village for Santhemavathur.

Santhemavathur is about 46 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santhemavathur is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Kunigal is about 9.2 km away. Tumkur is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.