About Santoshpur Village

Santoshpur is a mid sized village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 759, made up of 380 males and 379 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742138, 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	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Kandi
Pincode	742138
Area (hectares)	117.14 hectares
Population	759
Male Population	380
Female Population	379
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
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 69th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,638 residents. Its 117.14 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 945.

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 40 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about 7.2 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	Swadinpur	7.2 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandi	32 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	40 km

Villages closest to Santoshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kandi 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 759. That makes it the 69th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,638 residents.

Santoshpur village has 380 males and 379 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santoshpur has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Santoshpur is 742138. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santoshpur covers 117.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Santoshpur falls under Kandi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Santoshpur is Swadinpur, about 7.2 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 40 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santoshpur is in Kandi tehsil of Murshidabad district. Swadinpur is about 7.2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 10 km away. Kandi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.