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About Surwahi Village

Surwahi is a mid sized village in Paraswada tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 247 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486.42 hectares hectares.

Surwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surwahi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Paraswada
Area (hectares) 486.42 hectares
Population 520
Male Population 247
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,105
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surwahi compares

By the 2011 count Surwahi is the 82nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 486.42 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1052.

Getting to Surwahi

Surwahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surwahi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 8.4 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 8.6 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 Paraswada 8.4 km
District headquarters Balaghat 8.4 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 8.6 km

Villages closest to Surwahi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paraswada 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 520. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Surwahi village has 247 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surwahi has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1052.

Surwahi covers 486.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Surwahi is Dhapewara, about 8.6 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 village for Surwahi.

Surwahi is about 8.4 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 Paraswada tehsil of Balaghat district. Paraswada is about 8.4 km away. Balaghat is about 8.4 km away. Bālāghāt is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumangaon (1.9 km), Tikariya Paraswada (3.4 km) and Ghodadehi (4.5 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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