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About Surla Charjan Village

Surla Charjan is a mid sized village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 573, made up of 285 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surla Charjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surla Charjan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Nahan
Pincode 173001
Area (hectares) 97.7 hectares
Population 573
Male Population 285
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surla Charjan compares

By the 2011 count Surla Charjan is the 27th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 97.7 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Surla Charjan

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

Surla Charjan lies about 21 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 36 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 Surla Charjan
Tehsil headquarters Nahan 6.9 km
Nearest town Nāhan 6.9 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 21 km
Nearest railway station Barog 36 km

Villages closest to Surla Charjan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nahan 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 Surla Charjan

As per the Census of India 2011, Surla Charjan village had a population of 573. That makes it the 27th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Surla Charjan village has 285 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surla Charjan has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Surla Charjan is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surla Charjan covers 97.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surla Charjan falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surla Charjan is Barog, about 36 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 Surla Charjan.

Surla Charjan is about 21 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surla Charjan is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 6.9 km away. Nāhan is about 6.9 km away. Sirmaur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amrayun Bakarla (under 2 km), Jabal Khanoti (1.8 km) and Jamli (1.9 km).

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

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