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About Surve Village

Surve is a small village in Ankola tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 177 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surve village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Ankola
Pincode 581353
Area (hectares) 170.12 hectares
Population 353
Male Population 177
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 994
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Surve compares

By the 2011 count Surve is the 53rd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 979 residents. Its 170.12 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Surve

Surve is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surve 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surve from other places

Surve lies about 26 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Ankola, about 2.5 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 Surve
Nearest railway station Ankola 2.5 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 26 km

Villages closest to Surve

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surve village had a population of 353. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 979 residents.

Surve village has 177 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surve has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Surve is 581353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surve covers 170.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surve falls under Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Surve is Ankola, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Surve is about 26 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surve is in Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Ankola is about 2.5 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hadav (1.8 km), Bole (2.0 km) and Vandige (2.1 km).

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

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