About Suraj Village

Suraj is a mid sized village in Becharaji tehsil, in the district of Mahesana, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,775, made up of 930 males and 845 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1195.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suraj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suraj village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Mahesana
Tehsil	Becharaji
Pincode	382715
Area (hectares)	1195.89 hectares
Population	1,775
Male Population	930
Female Population	845
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Suraj compares

By the 2011 count Suraj is the 21st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,706 residents. Its 1195.89 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 959.

Getting to Suraj

Suraj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Suraj as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Suraj from other places

Suraj lies about 24 km from Mahesana, and the nearest railway station is Bhatariya, about 6.4 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 Suraj
Nearest railway station	Bhatariya	6.4 km
Nearest town	Kadi	10 km
District headquarters	Mahesana	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Becharaji	30 km

Villages closest to Suraj

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

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Common questions about Suraj

As per the Census of India 2011, Suraj village had a population of 1,775. That makes it the 21st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,706 residents.

Suraj village has 930 males and 845 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suraj has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Suraj is 382715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suraj covers 1195.89 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.

Suraj falls under Becharaji tehsil of Mahesana district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Suraj is Bhatariya, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Suraj.

Suraj is about 24 km from Mahesana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suraj is in Becharaji tehsil of Mahesana district. Bhatariya is about 6.4 km away. Kadi is about 10 km away. Mahesana is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.