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About Surani Village

Surani is a large village in Sendhwa tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,981, made up of 2,516 males and 2,465 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 923.34 hectares hectares.

Surani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Sendhwa
Area (hectares) 923.34 hectares
Population 4,981
Male Population 2,516
Female Population 2,465
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surani compares

By the 2011 count Surani is the 5th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 923.34 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Surani

Surani is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Surani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Surani from other places

Surani lies about 65 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 43 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 Surani
Tehsil headquarters Sendhwa 24 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 43 km
District headquarters Barwani 65 km

Villages closest to Surani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surani village had a population of 4,981. That makes it the 5th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Surani village has 2,516 males and 2,465 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surani has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

Surani covers 923.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surani falls under Sendhwa tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surani is Hathi gate station, about 43 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 <5 km distance for Surani.

Surani is about 65 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surani is in Sendhwa tehsil of Barwani district. Sendhwa is about 24 km away. Hathi gate station is about 43 km away. Barwani is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kot Kiradi (2.2 km), Kirchali (2.3 km) and Chachariya Pati (3.1 km).

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

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