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About Santhai Village

Santhai is a mid sized village in Keolari tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,000, made up of 526 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 885.87 hectares hectares.

Santhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santhai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Keolari
Area (hectares) 885.87 hectares
Population 1,000
Male Population 526
Female Population 474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 901
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Santhai compares

By the 2011 count Santhai is the 55th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 885.87 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Santhai

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

Santhai lies about 41 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Khairee, about 3.5 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 Santhai
Nearest railway station Khairee 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Keolari 8.8 km
Nearest town Nainpur 30 km
District headquarters Seoni 41 km

Villages closest to Santhai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santhai village had a population of 1,000. That makes it the 55th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Santhai village has 526 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santhai has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Santhai covers 885.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Santhai falls under Keolari tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Santhai is Khairee, about 3.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Santhai.

Santhai is about 41 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santhai is in Keolari tehsil of Seoni district. Khairee is about 3.5 km away. Keolari is about 8.8 km away. Nainpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chirchira (1.7 km), Pipariya Kalan (1.7 km) and Ghansaur (3.2 km).

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

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