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About Surajpura Kalan Village

Surajpura Kalan is a mid sized village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,833, made up of 995 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1307.24 hectares hectares.

Surajpura Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpura Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bada Malhera
Area (hectares) 1307.24 hectares
Population 1,833
Male Population 995
Female Population 838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Surajpura Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Surajpura Kalan is the 11th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 1307.24 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Surajpura Kalan

Surajpura Kalan 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 Surajpura Kalan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surajpura Kalan from other places

Surajpura Kalan lies about 51 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rampura, about 38 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 Surajpura Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Bada Malhera 10 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 17 km
Nearest railway station Rampura 38 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 51 km

Villages closest to Surajpura Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Surajpura Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Surajpura Kalan village had a population of 1,833. That makes it the 11th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Surajpura Kalan village has 995 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpura Kalan has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Surajpura Kalan covers 1307.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surajpura Kalan falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surajpura Kalan is Rampura, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Surajpura Kalan.

Surajpura Kalan is about 51 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surajpura Kalan is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bada Malhera is about 10 km away. Bijāwar is about 17 km away. Rampura is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Monpura (under 2 km), Pargaspura (under 2 km) and Ranipura (under 2 km).

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

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