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About Surajpokhar Village

Surajpokhar is a small village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 442, made up of 234 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.78 hectares hectares.

Surajpokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpokhar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Azamnagar
Area (hectares) 76.78 hectares
Population 442
Male Population 234
Female Population 208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surajpokhar compares

By the 2011 count Surajpokhar is the 154th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 76.78 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Surajpokhar

Surajpokhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Surajpokhar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sisabari, Sisia, Sitalmani and Sitalpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Surajpokhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Surajpokhar village had a population of 442. That makes it the 154th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Surajpokhar village has 234 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpokhar has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Surajpokhar covers 76.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surajpokhar falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The census record for Surajpokhar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Surajpokhar.

Surajpokhar is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Surajpokhar today is likely to be higher.

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