Santipur

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Santipur v • d • e West Bengal • India
Santipur
District(s)	Nadia
Coordinates	23.25° N 88.43° E
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 15 m (49 ft)
Population	138,195 (2001)
Codes • Postal • Telephone	• 741404 • +03472

Coordinates: 23.25° N 88.43° E

Santipur (Bengali: শান্তিপুর) is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the Indian 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.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Culture
4 Transport
5 Politics
6 References
7 See also

[edit] Geography

Santipur is located at 23.25° N 88.43° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, 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.

[edit] Culture

Santipur is famous for the handloom "tant" saris, "Rasutsav" and "Dolutsav".

[edit] Transport

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)

[edit] Politics

Ajoy Dey of INC has won the Santipur seat of the state assembly in 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991, defeating his nearest rivals Sanatanu Chakrabarti of CPI (M), Badal Basak (Indepenedent), Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI (R), and Asim Ghosh of RCPI in respective years. In 1987, 1982 and 1977, Bimalananda Mukherjee, RCPI/Independent candidate defeated Ajay Dey, Asamanja De and Jnanendra Nath Pramanik in respective years. ^[2]

Santipur is part of the Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[3]

[edit] References

^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Santipur
^ Election Commision Assembly election results 1977 – 2006
^ General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.

[edit] See also

Advaita Acharya

Cities and towns in Nadia District
Aistala \| Bablari Dewanganj \| Baruihuda \| Birnagar \| Chakdaha \| Char Brahmanagar \| Char Maijdia \| Cooper's Camp \| Darappur \| Gayespur \| Gopalpur \| Hanskhali \| Haringhata \| Jagadanandapur \| Kalyani \| Karimpur \| Krishnanagar \| Kshidirpur \| Madanpur \| Mayapur \| Nabadwip \| Nasra \| Parbbatipur \| Phulia \| Ranaghat \| Santipur \| Satigachha \| Taherpur