About Santagal Village

Santagal is a mid sized village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 527, made up of 278 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santagal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santagal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Kumta
Pincode	581323
Area (hectares)	293.49 hectares
Population	527
Male Population	278
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santagal compares

By the 2011 count Santagal is the 59th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 293.49 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Santagal

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

Santagal lies about 27 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kumta, about 13 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 Santagal
Nearest railway station	Kumta	13 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	27 km

Villages closest to Santagal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santagal village had a population of 527. That makes it the 59th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Santagal village has 278 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santagal has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Santagal is 581323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santagal covers 293.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Santagal falls under Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Santagal is Kumta, about 13 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 Santagal.

Santagal is about 27 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santagal is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Kumta is about 13 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.