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About Surla Janot Village

Surla Janot is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 72 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surla Janot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surla Janot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Pachhad
Pincode 173024
Area (hectares) 139 hectares
Population 133
Male Population 72
Female Population 61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surla Janot compares

By the 2011 count Surla Janot is the 156th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 951.

Getting to Surla Janot

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

Surla Janot lies about 13 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 28 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 Janot
Tehsil headquarters Pachhad 13 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 13 km
Nearest town Nāhan 17 km
Nearest railway station Barog 28 km

Villages closest to Surla Janot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surla Janot village had a population of 133. That makes it the 156th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Surla Janot village has 72 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surla Janot has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Surla Janot is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surla Janot covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surla Janot falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surla Janot is Barog, about 28 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 Janot.

Surla Janot is about 13 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surla Janot is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Pachhad is about 13 km away. Sirmaur is about 13 km away. Nāhan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majhotli (under 2 km), Shaya Malag (1.7 km) and Khal (1.9 km).

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

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