About Santpur Village

Santpur is a mid sized village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 662, made up of 352 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140119
Area (hectares)	130 hectares
Population	662
Male Population	352
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santpur compares

By the 2011 count Santpur is the 86th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Santpur

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

Santpur lies about 11 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Mianpur, about 9.0 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 Santpur
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Mianpur	9.0 km
Nearest town	Morinda	10 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	11 km

Villages closest to Santpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur Sahib 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 Santpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Santpur village had a population of 662. That makes it the 86th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Santpur village has 352 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santpur has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Santpur is 140119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santpur covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santpur falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Santpur is Mianpur, about 9.0 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 Santpur.

Santpur is about 11 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santpur is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Chamkaur Sahib is about 6.5 km away. Mianpur is about 9.0 km away. Morinda is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.