About Surua Village

Surua is a mid sized village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 958, made up of 466 males and 492 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 587 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	587 hectares
Population	958
Male Population	466
Female Population	492
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Surua compares

By the 2011 count Surua is the 28th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 587 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Surua

Surua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Surua as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Surua from other places

Surua lies about 46 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 3.3 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 Surua
Nearest railway station	Pakra	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	8.2 km
Nearest town	Khunti	45 km
District headquarters	Gumla	46 km

Villages closest to Surua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surua village had a population of 958. That makes it the 28th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Surua village has 466 males and 492 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surua has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Surua is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surua covers 587 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surua falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Surua is Pakra, about 3.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Surua.

Surua is about 46 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surua is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Pakra is about 3.3 km away. Kamdara is about 8.2 km away. Khunti is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.