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About Santpura Village

Santpura is a mid sized village in Sunam tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 858, made up of 463 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santpura village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Sunam
Pincode 148035
Area (hectares) 215.6 hectares
Population 858
Male Population 463
Female Population 395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santpura compares

By the 2011 count Santpura is the 75th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents. Its 215.6 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Santpura

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

Santpura lies about 19 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Sunam Udham Singh Wala, about 14 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 Santpura
Nearest railway station Sunam Udham Singh Wala 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sunam 14 km
Nearest town Sunām 14 km
District headquarters Sangrur 19 km

Villages closest to Santpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santpura village had a population of 858. That makes it the 75th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents.

Santpura village has 463 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santpura has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 872.

The pincode recorded for Santpura is 148035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santpura covers 215.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santpura falls under Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Santpura is Sunam Udham Singh Wala, about 14 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 village for Santpura.

Santpura is about 19 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santpura is in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district. Sunam Udham Singh Wala is about 14 km away. Sunam is about 14 km away. Sunām is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhandoli Khurd (under 2 km), Sullar (1.6 km) and Toor Banjara (2.7 km).

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

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