About Santoshpur Village

Santoshpur is a mid sized village in Nalhati I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 737 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731243, 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	Nalhati I
Pincode	731243
Area (hectares)	344.39 hectares
Population	1,453
Male Population	737
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santoshpur compares

By the 2011 count Santoshpur is the 53rd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents. Its 344.39 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Santoshpur

Santoshpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Santoshpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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	Nalhati 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 Nalhati 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 1,453. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents.

Santoshpur village has 737 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santoshpur has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Santoshpur is 731243. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santoshpur covers 344.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santoshpur falls under Nalhati 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance 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 Nalhati I tehsil of Birbhum district. Adalpahari is about 5.7 km away. Nalhati 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.