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About Santhapadi Village

Santhapadi is a mid sized village in Aravakurichi tehsil, in the district of Karur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,628, made up of 804 males and 824 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2481.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 639207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santhapadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santhapadi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Karur
Tehsil Aravakurichi
Pincode 639207
Area (hectares) 2481.19 hectares
Population 1,628
Male Population 804
Female Population 824
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santhapadi compares

By the 2011 count Santhapadi is the 33rd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,581 residents. Its 2481.19 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1021.

Getting to Santhapadi

Santhapadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Santhapadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Santhapadi from other places

Santhapadi lies about 36 km from Karur, and the nearest railway station is Oddanchatram, about 32 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 Santhapadi
Nearest town Pallappatti 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Aravakurichi 10 km
Nearest railway station Oddanchatram 32 km
District headquarters Karur 36 km

Villages closest to Santhapadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santhapadi village had a population of 1,628. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,581 residents.

Santhapadi village has 804 males and 824 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santhapadi has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Santhapadi is 639207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santhapadi covers 2481.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Santhapadi falls under Aravakurichi tehsil of Karur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Santhapadi is Oddanchatram, about 32 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Santhapadi.

Santhapadi is about 36 km from Karur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santhapadi is in Aravakurichi tehsil of Karur district. Pallappatti is about 8.0 km away. Aravakurichi is about 10 km away. Oddanchatram 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 Modakkur (3.7 km), Inanganur (7.7 km) and Pallapatti (8.0 km).

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

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