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About Surri Village

Surri is a mid sized village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,298, made up of 660 males and 638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495674, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Pusour
Pincode 495674
Area (hectares) 378.56 hectares
Population 1,298
Male Population 660
Female Population 638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surri compares

By the 2011 count Surri is the 28th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 378.56 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Surri

Surri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Surri from other places

Surri lies about 12 km from Pusour, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 11 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 Surri
Nearest railway station Raigarh 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusour 12 km

Villages closest to Surri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surri village had a population of 1,298. That makes it the 28th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Surri village has 660 males and 638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surri has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Surri is 495674. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surri covers 378.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surri falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Surri is Raigarh, about 11 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 km distance for Surri.

Surri is about 12 km from Pusour in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surri is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about 11 km away. Pusour is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jampali (under 2 km), Sarasmal (1.9 km) and Tadola (2.2 km).

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

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