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About Santinagar Village

Santinagar is a mid sized village in Khowai tehsil, in the district of West Tripura, Tripura. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,898, made up of 1,001 males and 897 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 799207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santinagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santinagar village
Description Value
State Tripura
District West Tripura
Tehsil Khowai
Pincode 799207
Area (hectares) 651 hectares
Population 1,898
Male Population 1,001
Female Population 897
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santinagar compares

By the 2011 count Santinagar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,000 residents. Its 651 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Santinagar

Santinagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Santinagar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Santinagar from other places

Santinagar lies about 31 km from West Tripura, and the nearest railway station is বাল্লা, about 12 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 Santinagar
Tehsil headquarters Khowai 11 km
Nearest railway station বাল্লা 12 km
District headquarters West Tripura 31 km

Villages closest to Santinagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santinagar village had a population of 1,898. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,000 residents.

Santinagar village has 1,001 males and 897 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santinagar has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Santinagar is 799207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santinagar covers 651 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santinagar falls under Khowai tehsil of West Tripura district in Tripura.

The nearest railway station to Santinagar is বাল্লা, about 12 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 for Santinagar.

Santinagar is about 31 km from West Tripura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santinagar is in Khowai tehsil of West Tripura district. Khowai is about 11 km away. বাল্লা is about 12 km away. West Tripura is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chebri (4.3 km) and Uttar Padmabil (9.9 km).

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

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