About Surma Village

Surma is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 901 males and 808 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.37 hectares hectares.

Surma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surma village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	499.37 hectares
Population	1,709
Male Population	901
Female Population	808
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Surma compares

By the 2011 count Surma is the 37th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 499.37 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 955.

Getting to Surma

Surma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Surma 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surma from other places

Surma lies about 28 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Pakaria Road, about 3.4 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 Surma
Nearest railway station	Pakaria Road	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	10 km
District headquarters	Katni	28 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	28 km

Villages closest to Surma

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

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Common questions about Surma

As per the Census of India 2011, Surma village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 37th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Surma village has 901 males and 808 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surma has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Surma covers 499.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surma falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surma is Pakaria Road, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Surma.

Surma is about 28 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surma is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Pakaria Road is about 3.4 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 10 km away. Katni is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.