About Surkhi Village

Surkhi is a mid sized village in Nainpur tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 899, made up of 456 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603.44 hectares hectares.

Surkhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surkhi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandla
Tehsil	Nainpur
Area (hectares)	603.44 hectares
Population	899
Male Population	456
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Surkhi compares

By the 2011 count Surkhi is the 49th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 603.44 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Surkhi

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

How far is Surkhi from other places

Surkhi lies about 21 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 8.1 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 Surkhi
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	8.1 km
District headquarters	Mandla	21 km
Nearest town	Mandlā	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nainpur	29 km

Villages closest to Surkhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surkhi village had a population of 899. That makes it the 49th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Surkhi village has 456 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surkhi has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Surkhi covers 603.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surkhi falls under Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surkhi is Bamhani Banjar, about 8.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Surkhi.

Surkhi is about 21 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surkhi is in Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district. Bamhani Banjar is about 8.1 km away. Mandla is about 21 km away. Mandlā is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.