Santipur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Santipur Metropolitan Region. The Santipur city is located in West Bengal state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Santipur in 2011 is 151,777; of which male and female are 77,011 and 74,766 respectively. Although Santipur city has population of 151,777; its urban / metropolitan population is 290,345 of which 148,123 are males and 142,222 are females.
Santipur Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Santipur city in 2023 is
208,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Santipur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Santipur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Santipur city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Santipur Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Santipur city are 111,806 of which 59,588 are males while 52,218 are females. Average literacy rate of Santipur city is 80.90 percent of which male and female literacy was 84.94 and 76.73 percent.
Santipur Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Santipur city is 971 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 978 per 1000 boys.
Santipur Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Santipur city are 13,573 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 6,862 boys while 6,711 are girls. The child forms 8.94 % of total population of Santipur City.
Santipur Slums
Total no. of Slums in Santipur city numbers 14,090 in which population of 60,336 resides. This is around 39.75% of total population of Santipur city.
Santipur City Population 2011
Description
City
Santipur
Government
Municipality
Urban Agglomeration
Santipur Metropolitan
State
West Bengal
Santipur City
Total
Male
Female
City Population
151,777
77,011
74,766
Literates
111,806
59,588
52,218
Children (0-6)
13,573
6,862
6,711
Average Literacy (%)
80.90 %
84.94 %
76.73 %
Sexratio
971
Child Sexratio
978
Santipur Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Santipur city with 79.15 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Santipur with approximately 20.25 % following it.
In Santipur city, Christinity is followed by 0.04 %, Jainism by 0.01 %, Sikhism by 0.02 % and Buddhism by 0.01 %. Around 0.42 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.11 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Description
Percentage
Total
Hindu
79.15 %
120,134
Muslims
20.25 %
30,733
Christian
0.04 %
54
Sikh
0.02 %
24
Buddhist
0.01 %
13
Jain
0.01 %
12
Others
0.42 %
634
Not Stated
0.11 %
173
Santipur Metropolitan Region
Santipur city comes under Santipur Metropolitan area.