About Santapur Village

Santapur is one of the larger villages in Ratua I tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,322, made up of 2,679 males and 2,643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Ratua I
Pincode	732139
Area (hectares)	351.57 hectares
Population	5,322
Male Population	2,679
Female Population	2,643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Santapur compares

By the 2011 count Santapur is the 13th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents. Its 351.57 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Santapur

Santapur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Santapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Santapur from other places

Santapur 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 Santapur
Nearest railway station	Milangarh	13 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ratua I	34 km
District headquarters	Maldah	34 km

Villages closest to Santapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Santapur village had a population of 5,322. That makes it the 13th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents.

Santapur village has 2,679 males and 2,643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santapur has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Santapur is 732139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santapur covers 351.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Santapur falls under Ratua I tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Santapur 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Santapur.

Santapur 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.

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