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Santipur
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Shantipur
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Shantipur station.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
India West Bengal#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in West Bengal, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Nadia
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1853
Settlement.government_type
Municipality
Settlement.governing_body
Santipur Municipality
Settlement.leader_title
Chairperson
Settlement.leader_name
Subrata Ghosh
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Country
India
Population
151777
Area
25.88
Elevation
15
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Households
36506
Dialing code
3472
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postal code
741404
different from
Shantipur, Mechi
Commons category
Santipur
male population
77011
illiterate population
39971
literate population
111806
female population
74766
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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Area overview
  • Demographics
  • Religion
  • Police station
  • Economy
  • Religious History
  • Education
  • School
  • Colleges
  • Notable people
  • Transport
  • See also
  • References

Shantipur is a city and a municipality in the Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The fort area of this city, also known as Daak-Garh (calling or gathering room) is thought to have been built by Raja Krishnachandra of Nadia.

==Geography==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Santipur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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