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About Surli Village

Surli is a small village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 78 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Sarangarh
Pincode 496554
Area (hectares) 81.82 hectares
Population 161
Male Population 78
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surli compares

By the 2011 count Surli is the 234th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 81.82 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1008.

Getting to Surli

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

Surli lies about 58 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about 51 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 Surli
Tehsil headquarters Sarangarh 11 km
Nearest town Saraipali 25 km
Nearest railway station Jharadih 51 km
District headquarters Raigarh 58 km

Villages closest to Surli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surli village had a population of 161. That makes it the 234th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Surli village has 78 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surli has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Surli is 496554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surli covers 81.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surli falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Surli is Jharadih, about 51 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 Surli.

Surli is about 58 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surli is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 11 km away. Saraipali is about 25 km away. Jharadih is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghana Pipar (under 2 km), Tendudhar (3.0 km) and Kedar (3.2 km).

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

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