About Suru Village

Suru is a mid sized village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 509, made up of 367 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 387 females per 1000 males. The village covers 789 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172101
Area (hectares)	789 hectares
Population	509
Male Population	367
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	387
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Suru compares

By the 2011 count Suru is the 41st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 789 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Suru

Suru is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Suru as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Suru from other places

Suru lies about 81 km from Shimla. 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 Suru
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	22 km
District headquarters	Shimla	81 km

Villages closest to Suru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suru village had a population of 509. That makes it the 41st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Suru village has 367 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suru has about 387 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Suru is 172101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suru covers 789 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.

Suru falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

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

Suru is about 81 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suru is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 22 km away. Shimla is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.