About Surajpur Village

Surajpur is one of the larger villages in Sikta tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,045, made up of 2,601 males and 2,444 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Sikta
Pincode	845307
Area (hectares)	537.18 hectares
Population	5,045
Male Population	2,601
Female Population	2,444
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Surajpur compares

By the 2011 count Surajpur is the 9th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents. Its 537.18 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Surajpur

Surajpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Surajpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 23 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chamua, about 5.1 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
Nearest railway station	Chamua	5.1 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sikta	15 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	23 km

Villages closest to Surajpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikta 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 5,045. That makes it the 9th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents.

Surajpur village has 2,601 males and 2,444 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpur has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Surajpur is 845307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surajpur covers 537.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Surajpur falls under Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Surajpur is Chamua, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 10+ km distance for Surajpur.

Surajpur is about 23 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surajpur is in Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Chamua is about 5.1 km away. Rāmnagar is about 8.0 km away. Sikta is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.