About Santosha Village

Santosha is a mid sized village in Kurai tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 561, made up of 275 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.7 hectares hectares.

Santosha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santosha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Kurai
Area (hectares)	307.7 hectares
Population	561
Male Population	275
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santosha compares

By the 2011 count Santosha is the 75th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 624 residents. Its 307.7 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Santosha

Santosha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Santosha as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Santosha from other places

Santosha lies about 42 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Sukli, about 33 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 Santosha
Tehsil headquarters	Kurai	30 km
Nearest railway station	Sukli	33 km
Nearest town	Rāmtek	40 km
District headquarters	Seoni	42 km

Villages closest to Santosha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santosha village had a population of 561. That makes it the 75th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 624 residents.

Santosha village has 275 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santosha has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

Santosha covers 307.7 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.

Santosha falls under Kurai tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Santosha is Sukli, about 33 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Santosha.

Santosha is about 42 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santosha is in Kurai tehsil of Seoni district. Kurai is about 30 km away. Sukli is about 33 km away. Rāmtek is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.