About Santipur

Santipur is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the India state of West Bengal. This small town has been declared a city recently. The fort area of this city, also known as Garh was built by Raja Krishnachandra of Nadia. Santipur is located at . It has an average elevation of 15metre (49feet). As of 2001 India census, Santipur had a population of 138,195. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Santipur has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 58%. In Santipur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Santipur is famous for the handloom "tant" saris, "Rasutsav" and "Dolutsav". Santipur is well connected by rail by EMU services running from Sealdah North section.Santipur is well connected to the district Burdawan(Kalna)& the district Hoogly(Guptipara)through the river Ganges(Bhagirathi) Ajoy Dey of INC has won the Santipur seat of the state assembly in...