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About Surekha Village

Surekha is a small village in Majholi tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 104 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.2 hectares hectares.

Surekha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surekha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Jabalpur
Tehsil Majholi
Area (hectares) 65.2 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 104
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surekha compares

By the 2011 count Surekha is the 155th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 757 residents. Its 65.2 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Surekha

Surekha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Surekha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Surekha from other places

Surekha lies about 27 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Gosalpur, about 5.5 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 Surekha
Nearest railway station Gosalpur 5.5 km
Nearest town Sihorā 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Majholi 14 km
District headquarters Jabalpur 27 km

Villages closest to Surekha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surekha village had a population of 193. That makes it the 155th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 757 residents.

Surekha village has 104 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surekha has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Surekha covers 65.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surekha falls under Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surekha is Gosalpur, about 5.5 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 10+ km distance for Surekha.

Surekha is about 27 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surekha is in Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district. Gosalpur is about 5.5 km away. Sihorā is about 13 km away. Majholi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakhanpur (under 2 km), Ghughra (1.8 km) and Channota (1.8 km).

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

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