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About Sursi Village

Sursi is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 948, made up of 451 males and 497 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sursi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sursi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Dabhra
Pincode 491771
Area (hectares) 224.59 hectares
Population 948
Male Population 451
Female Population 497
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,102
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sursi compares

By the 2011 count Sursi is the 69th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 224.59 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Sursi

Sursi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sursi as Available. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sursi from other places

Sursi lies about 66 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 23 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 Sursi
Tehsil headquarters Dabhra 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Kirodimal Nagar 23 km
Nearest town Raigarh 26 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 66 km

Villages closest to Sursi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sursi village had a population of 948. That makes it the 69th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Sursi village has 451 males and 497 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sursi has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Sursi is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sursi covers 224.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sursi falls under Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sursi is Kirodimal Nagar, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sursi.

Sursi is about 66 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sursi is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 9.6 km away. Kirodimal Nagar is about 23 km away. Raigarh is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mukta (under 2 km), Barapipar (1.8 km) and Medhapali (1.9 km).

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

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