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About Santoshpur Village

Santoshpur is a small village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 134, made up of 72 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 244715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santoshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santoshpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Ramnagar
Pincode 244715
Area (hectares) 61.43 hectares
Population 134
Male Population 72
Female Population 62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Santoshpur compares

By the 2011 count Santoshpur is the 118th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 678 residents. Its 61.43 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 955.

Getting to Santoshpur

Santoshpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Santoshpur as Available within 5 - 10 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Santoshpur from other places

Santoshpur lies about 31 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 5.9 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 Santoshpur
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 5.9 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 6.1 km
District headquarters Nainital 31 km

Villages closest to Santoshpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santoshpur village had a population of 134. That makes it the 118th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 678 residents.

Santoshpur village has 72 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santoshpur has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Santoshpur is 244715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santoshpur covers 61.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santoshpur falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Santoshpur is Ramnagar, about 5.9 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 km distance for Santoshpur.

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

Santoshpur is in Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district. Ramnagar is about 5.9 km away. Rāmnagar is about 6.1 km away. Nainital 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 Madanpur Kurmi (under 2 km), Gajpur Urf Padampur (under 2 km) and Neripura (under 2 km).

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

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