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About Sureli Village

Sureli is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 309 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sureli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sureli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 496551
Area (hectares) 394.5 hectares
Population 590
Male Population 309
Female Population 281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sureli compares

By the 2011 count Sureli is the 60th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 394.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Sureli

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

Sureli lies about 6.6 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 22 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 Sureli
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 21 km
Nearest town Kānker 21 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 22 km

Villages closest to Sureli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sureli village had a population of 590. That makes it the 60th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Sureli village has 309 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sureli has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Sureli is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sureli covers 394.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sureli falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sureli is Keoti, about 22 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 Sureli.

Sureli is about 6.6 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sureli is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 6.6 km away. Kanker is about 21 km away. Kānker is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koretha (1.9 km), Domaharra (2.0 km) and Bhairadih (2.3 km).

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

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