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About Surwahi Village

Surwahi is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,225, made up of 603 males and 622 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429.12 hectares hectares.

Surwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surwahi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 429.12 hectares
Population 1,225
Male Population 603
Female Population 622
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surwahi compares

By the 2011 count Surwahi is the 54th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 429.12 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Surwahi

Surwahi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Surwahi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Surwahi from other places

Surwahi lies about 54 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Chiraidongri, about 27 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 Surwahi
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 17 km
Nearest railway station Chiraidongri 27 km
Nearest town Malajkhand 33 km
District headquarters Balaghat 54 km

Villages closest to Surwahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surwahi village had a population of 1,225. That makes it the 54th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Surwahi village has 603 males and 622 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surwahi has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Surwahi covers 429.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surwahi falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surwahi is Chiraidongri, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Surwahi.

Surwahi is about 54 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surwahi is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 17 km away. Chiraidongri is about 27 km away. Malajkhand is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jara Tola (4.1 km), Patpara (6.4 km) and Manegaon (6.7 km).

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

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