About Surkumi Village

Surkumi is a mid sized village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,176, made up of 575 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1368 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surkumi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surkumi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Garu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	1368 hectares
Population	1,176
Male Population	575
Female Population	601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
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 Surkumi compares

By the 2011 count Surkumi is the 4th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 1368 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Surkumi

Surkumi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Surkumi 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 Surkumi from other places

Surkumi lies about 33 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Hehegara Halt, about 17 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 Surkumi
Tehsil headquarters	Garu	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Hehegara Halt	17 km
District headquarters	Latehar	33 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	33 km

Villages closest to Surkumi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surkumi village had a population of 1,176. That makes it the 4th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Surkumi village has 575 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surkumi has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Surkumi is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surkumi covers 1368 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surkumi falls under Garu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Surkumi is Hehegara Halt, about 17 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 Surkumi.

Surkumi is about 33 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surkumi is in Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Garu is about 4.6 km away. Hehegara Halt is about 17 km away. Latehar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.