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About Saruwat Village

Saruwat is a mid sized village in Wadrafnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 696 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saruwat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saruwat village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Wadrafnagar
Pincode 497225
Area (hectares) 634.37 hectares
Population 1,307
Male Population 696
Female Population 611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saruwat compares

By the 2011 count Saruwat is the 50th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 634.37 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Saruwat

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

Saruwat lies about 84 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 35 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 Saruwat
Tehsil headquarters Wadrafnagar 15 km
Nearest railway station Jharokhas 35 km
Nearest town Renukūt 40 km
District headquarters Surguja 84 km

Villages closest to Saruwat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saruwat village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 50th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Saruwat village has 696 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saruwat has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Saruwat is 497225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saruwat covers 634.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saruwat falls under Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Saruwat is Jharokhas, about 35 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 Saruwat.

Saruwat is about 84 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saruwat is in Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Wadrafnagar is about 15 km away. Jharokhas is about 35 km away. Renukūt is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bajara (2.2 km), Kharra (3.8 km) and Kaknesa (4.2 km).

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

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