About Surani Village

Surani is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 180 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surani village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	64.41 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	180
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Surani compares

By the 2011 count Surani is the 19th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 64.41 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Surani

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

Surani lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 18 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 Surani
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	37 km

Villages closest to Surani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surani village had a population of 349. That makes it the 19th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Surani village has 180 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surani has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Surani is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surani covers 64.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surani falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surani is Jawalamukhi Road, about 18 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 Surani.

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

Surani is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 5.5 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.