About Surpara Village

Surpara is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 448, made up of 219 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surpara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	175207
Area (hectares)	128.59 hectares
Population	448
Male Population	219
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Surpara compares

By the 2011 count Surpara is the 35th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 128.59 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Surpara

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

Surpara lies about 23 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 20 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 Surpara
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	20 km
District headquarters	Chamba	23 km

Villages closest to Surpara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surpara village had a population of 448. That makes it the 35th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Surpara village has 219 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surpara has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Surpara is 175207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surpara covers 128.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surpara falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surpara is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 20 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Surpara.

Surpara is about 23 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surpara is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 5.9 km away. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 20 km away. Chamba is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.