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About Santoshpura Village

Santoshpura is a mid sized village in Chaksu tehsil, in the district of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 514, made up of 273 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 303903, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santoshpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santoshpura village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaipur
Tehsil Chaksu
Pincode 303903
Area (hectares) 85.43 hectares
Population 514
Male Population 273
Female Population 241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santoshpura compares

By the 2011 count Santoshpura is the 128th largest of the 257 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 85.43 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Santoshpura

Santoshpura is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Santoshpura as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Santoshpura from other places

Santoshpura lies about 24 km from Jaipur, and the nearest railway station is Sheodaspura Padampura, about 6.5 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 Santoshpura
Nearest railway station Sheodaspura Padampura 6.5 km
Nearest town Basi 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Chaksu 16 km
District headquarters Jaipur 24 km

Villages closest to Santoshpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santoshpura village had a population of 514. That makes it the 128th largest of the 257 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Santoshpura village has 273 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santoshpura has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Santoshpura is 303903. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santoshpura covers 85.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Santoshpura falls under Chaksu tehsil of Jaipur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Santoshpura is Sheodaspura Padampura, about 6.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Santoshpura.

Santoshpura is about 24 km from Jaipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santoshpura is in Chaksu tehsil of Jaipur district. Sheodaspura Padampura is about 6.5 km away. Basi is about 15 km away. Chaksu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhorala (under 2 km), Chatarbhujpura (under 2 km) and Ralawata (1.6 km).

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

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