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About Surajpur Village

Surajpur is a mid sized village in Malpur tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 295 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 949.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383345, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpur village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Sabar Kantha
Tehsil Malpur
Pincode 383345
Area (hectares) 949.23 hectares
Population 575
Male Population 295
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
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 Surajpur compares

By the 2011 count Surajpur is the 60th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 949.23 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Surajpur

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

Surajpur lies about 96 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Bayad, about 25 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 Surajpur
Tehsil headquarters Malpur 16 km
Nearest town Lūnāvāda 19 km
Nearest railway station Bayad 25 km
District headquarters Sabar Kantha 96 km

Villages closest to Surajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surajpur village had a population of 575. That makes it the 60th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Surajpur village has 295 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpur has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Surajpur is 383345. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surajpur covers 949.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surajpur falls under Malpur tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Surajpur is Bayad, about 25 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 Surajpur.

Surajpur is about 96 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surajpur is in Malpur tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Malpur is about 16 km away. Lūnāvāda is about 19 km away. Bayad is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalampur (6.5 km), Vavdibara (7.0 km) and Gopalpur (7.5 km).

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

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