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About Surnar Village

Surnar is a small village in Usur tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 60 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 405.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surnar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Usur
Pincode 493661
Area (hectares) 405.64 hectares
Population 132
Male Population 60
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,200
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surnar compares

By the 2011 count Surnar is the 103rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 453 residents. Its 405.64 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Surnar

Surnar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surnar as Available. 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 Surnar from other places

Surnar lies about 21 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 37 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 Surnar
District headquarters Bijapur 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Usur 22 km
Nearest railway station Bacheli 37 km

Villages closest to Surnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surnar village had a population of 132. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 453 residents.

Surnar village has 60 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surnar has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Surnar is 493661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surnar covers 405.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surnar falls under Usur tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Surnar is Bacheli, about 37 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Surnar.

Surnar is about 21 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surnar is in Usur tehsil of Bijapur district. Bijapur is about 21 km away. Usur is about 22 km away. Bacheli is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallepalli (4.3 km), Dalla (5.1 km) and Dharamapur (5.2 km).

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

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