About Santipur Village

Santipur is a mid sized village in Maldah Old tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,668, made up of 832 males and 836 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santipur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Maldah Old
Pincode	732128
Area (hectares)	145.85 hectares
Population	1,668
Male Population	832
Female Population	836
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
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 Santipur compares

By the 2011 count Santipur is the 24th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,213 residents. Its 145.85 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Santipur

Santipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Santipur 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 Santipur from other places

Santipur lies about 34 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Milangarh, 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 Santipur
Nearest railway station	Milangarh	13 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maldah Old	34 km
District headquarters	Maldah	34 km

Villages closest to Santipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maldah Old 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 Santipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Santipur village had a population of 1,668. That makes it the 24th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,213 residents.

Santipur village has 832 males and 836 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santipur has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Santipur is 732128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santipur covers 145.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Santipur falls under Maldah Old tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Santipur is Milangarh, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Santipur.

Santipur is about 34 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santipur is in Maldah Old tehsil of Maldah district. Milangarh is about 13 km away. Rāiganj is about 22 km away. Maldah Old is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.