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About Santoshpur Village

Santoshpur is a mid sized village in Bhatar tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,963, made up of 1,010 males and 953 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santoshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santoshpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Bhatar
Pincode 713125
Area (hectares) 239.14 hectares
Population 1,963
Male Population 1,010
Female Population 953
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Santoshpur compares

By the 2011 count Santoshpur is the 49th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents. Its 239.14 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Santoshpur

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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ramchandrapur, Rampur, Ratanpur and Salkuni. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 1,963. That makes it the 49th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents.

Santoshpur village has 1,010 males and 953 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santoshpur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Santoshpur is 713125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santoshpur covers 239.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Santoshpur falls under Bhatar tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The census record for Santoshpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 in Bhatar tehsil of Barddhaman district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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