About Santoshpur Village

Santoshpur is a large village in Murarai I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,910, made up of 2,534 males and 2,376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731222, 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	Birbhum
Tehsil	Murarai I
Pincode	731222
Area (hectares)	288.54 hectares
Population	4,910
Male Population	2,534
Female Population	2,376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santoshpur compares

By the 2011 count Santoshpur is the 9th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,210 residents. Its 288.54 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Santoshpur

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

Santoshpur lies about 8.9 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Adalpahari, about 5.7 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	Adalpahari	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murarai I	8.9 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	8.9 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	11 km

Villages closest to Santoshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Murarai I 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.

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Common questions about Santoshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Santoshpur village had a population of 4,910. That makes it the 9th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,210 residents.

Santoshpur village has 2,534 males and 2,376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santoshpur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Santoshpur is 731222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santoshpur covers 288.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Santoshpur falls under Murarai I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Santoshpur is Adalpahari, about 5.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Santoshpur.

Santoshpur is about 8.9 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santoshpur is in Murarai I tehsil of Birbhum district. Adalpahari is about 5.7 km away. Murarai I is about 8.9 km away. Birbhum is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.