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About Santo Village

Santo is a mid sized village in Behror tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,591, made up of 841 males and 750 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 402 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301708, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santo village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Behror
Pincode 301708
Area (hectares) 402 hectares
Population 1,591
Male Population 841
Female Population 750
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Santo compares

By the 2011 count Santo is the 77th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents. Its 402 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 911.

Getting to Santo

Santo is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Santo 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Santo from other places

Santo lies about 64 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Pali, about 6.8 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 Santo
Nearest railway station Pali 6.8 km
Nearest town Rewāri 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Behror 32 km
District headquarters Alwar 64 km

Villages closest to Santo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santo village had a population of 1,591. That makes it the 77th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents.

Santo village has 841 males and 750 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santo has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Santo is 301708. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santo covers 402 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santo falls under Behror tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Santo is Pali, about 6.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Santo.

Santo is about 64 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santo is in Behror tehsil of Alwar district. Pali is about 6.8 km away. Rewāri is about 16 km away. Behror is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balahir (2.6 km), Raisarana (2.7 km) and Nangli Balai (2.8 km).

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

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