About Surunga Village

Surunga is a mid sized village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 846, made up of 425 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surunga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Pathna
Pincode	815101
Area (hectares)	71.02 hectares
Population	846
Male Population	425
Female Population	421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Surunga compares

By the 2011 count Surunga is the 28th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 71.02 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Surunga

Surunga is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Surunga as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surunga from other places

Surunga lies about 41 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, about 2.7 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 Surunga
Nearest railway station	Bakudi	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathna	6.9 km
Nearest town	Farakka	15 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	41 km

Villages closest to Surunga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surunga village had a population of 846. That makes it the 28th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Surunga village has 425 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surunga has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Surunga is 815101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surunga covers 71.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Surunga falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Surunga is Bakudi, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Surunga.

Surunga is about 41 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surunga is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bakudi is about 2.7 km away. Pathna is about 6.9 km away. Farakka is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.