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About Surapur Village

Surapur is a mid sized village in Hussainganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 920, made up of 468 males and 452 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares.

Surapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surapur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Hussainganj
Area (hectares) 49 hectares
Population 920
Male Population 468
Female Population 452
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Surapur compares

By the 2011 count Surapur is the 42nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,062 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Surapur

Surapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Surapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surapur from other places

Surapur lies about 2.8 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Siwan Junction, about 1.7 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 Surapur
Nearest railway station Siwan Junction 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Hussainganj 2.8 km
District headquarters Siwan 2.8 km
Nearest town Siwān 2.8 km

Villages closest to Surapur

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

Common questions about Surapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Surapur village had a population of 920. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,062 residents.

Surapur village has 468 males and 452 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surapur has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Surapur covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Surapur falls under Hussainganj tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Surapur is Siwan Junction, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Surapur.

Surapur is about 2.8 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surapur is in Hussainganj tehsil of Siwan district. Siwan Junction is about 1.7 km away. Hussainganj is about 2.8 km away. Siwan is about 2.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhapiya Khurd (under 2 km), Jurkan (under 2 km) and Chhapiya Buzurg (under 2 km).

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

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