Google Map Of Santipur

Santipur is a city and in Nadia district in the state of West Bengal. This small tehsil has been declared a city recently. The fort area of this city, also recognized as Daak-Gharh is thought to have been built by Raja Krishnachandra of district Nadia. Santipur is situated at 23.25N 88.43E. It has an average height of 49 feet. Santipur is well-known for handloom sarees from very old times. After the separation of India, many weavers came from Dhaka of Bangladesh and started to live here in Phulia area, which is a Panchayat region of Santipur. In the 2011 census, Santipur Urban Agglomeration had a populace of 288,618, out of which 146,299 were males and 141,418 were females. The 0-6 years populace was 24,005. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ populace was 82.66 per cent. As of 2001 India census, Santipur had a populace of 138,193. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Santipur has an standard literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 58.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 58%. In Shantipur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Since early times, Santipur and the surrounding area has been famous for handloom saris. The handloom weaving style exclusive to this region is eminently known as Santipuri Sari. After the separation of India, Bengal was split into two major areas. West Bengal became a part of India and East Bengal became East Pakistan. Santipur is well linked by rail by EMU services running from Sealdah North section. Santipur is well linked to the district Burdawan and the district Hoogly through the river Ganges (Bhagirathi). It is located on NH 34.