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About Santai Village

Santai is a mid sized village in Seoni Malwa tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 789, made up of 411 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 848.03 hectares hectares.

Santai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Seoni Malwa
Area (hectares) 848.03 hectares
Population 789
Male Population 411
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santai compares

By the 2011 count Santai is the 80th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 848.03 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Santai

Santai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Santai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Santai from other places

Santai lies about 58 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Pagdhal, about 12 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 Santai
Nearest railway station Pagdhal 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Seoni Malwa 16 km
Nearest town Seoni Mālwa 16 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 58 km

Villages closest to Santai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni Malwa 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 Santai

As per the Census of India 2011, Santai village had a population of 789. That makes it the 80th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Santai village has 411 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santai has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Santai covers 848.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Santai falls under Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Santai is Pagdhal, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Santai.

Santai is about 58 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santai is in Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Pagdhal is about 12 km away. Seoni Malwa is about 16 km away. Seoni Mālwa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangiya (2.1 km), Moriya (2.8 km) and Ghana (3.0 km).

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

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