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About Surahi Village

Surahi is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,843, made up of 899 males and 944 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 946.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494333, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surahi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Narharpur
Pincode 494333
Area (hectares) 946.29 hectares
Population 1,843
Male Population 899
Female Population 944
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surahi compares

By the 2011 count Surahi is the 6th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 946.29 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Surahi

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

Surahi lies about 50 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Surahi
Tehsil headquarters Narharpur 5.0 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 28 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 50 km

Villages closest to Surahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surahi village had a population of 1,843. That makes it the 6th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Surahi village has 899 males and 944 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surahi has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Surahi is 494333. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surahi covers 946.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surahi falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Surahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Surahi.

Surahi is about 50 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.

Surahi is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 5.0 km away. Dhamtari is about 28 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Butbani (2.5 km), Maradeo (3.5 km) and Badal (3.5 km).

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

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