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About Santaur Village

Santaur is a mid sized village in Nakur tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,238, made up of 657 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.07 hectares hectares.

Santaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santaur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Nakur
Area (hectares) 248.07 hectares
Population 1,238
Male Population 657
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santaur compares

By the 2011 count Santaur is the 177th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents. Its 248.07 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 891.

Getting to Santaur

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

Santaur lies about 27 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Rampur Maniharn, about 13 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 Santaur
Nearest town Gangoh 7.1 km
Nearest railway station Rampur Maniharn 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Nakur 13 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 27 km

Villages closest to Santaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santaur village had a population of 1,238. That makes it the 177th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents.

Santaur village has 657 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santaur has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 891.

Santaur covers 248.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santaur falls under Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Santaur is Rampur Maniharn, about 13 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 within village for Santaur.

Santaur is about 27 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santaur is in Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district. Gangoh is about 7.1 km away. Rampur Maniharn is about 13 km away. Nakur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shitalpur (under 2 km), Begam Kheri (2.1 km) and Ber Kheri Musalman (2.1 km).

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

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