About Surajpur Village

Surajpur is one of the larger villages in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13,438, made up of 7,178 males and 6,260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares.

Surajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Lakhisarai
Tehsil	Surajgarha
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	13,438
Male Population	7,178
Female Population	6,260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Surajpur compares

By the 2011 count Surajpur is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 71 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Surajpur

Surajpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surajpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surajpur from other places

Surajpur lies about 16 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Kajra, about 9.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Surajpur
Tehsil headquarters	Surajgarha	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Kajra	9.0 km
District headquarters	Lakhisarai	16 km
Nearest town	Luckeesarai	16 km

Villages closest to Surajpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Surajgarha tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Surajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Surajpur village had a population of 13,438. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents.

Surajpur village has 7,178 males and 6,260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpur has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Surajpur covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 71 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Surajpur falls under Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Surajpur is Kajra, about 9.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Surajpur.

Surajpur is about 16 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surajpur is in Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Surajgarha is about under 2 km away. Kajra is about 9.0 km away. Lakhisarai is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.