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About Surela Village

Surela is a mid sized village in Udaipura tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 344 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.4 hectares hectares.

Surela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surela village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Udaipura
Area (hectares) 572.4 hectares
Population 672
Male Population 344
Female Population 328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
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 Surela compares

By the 2011 count Surela is the 78th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 900 residents. Its 572.4 hectares work out to about 1.2 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, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Surela

Surela is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Surela 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 Surela from other places

Surela lies about 70 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Pipariya, about 34 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 Surela
Tehsil headquarters Udaipura 12 km
Nearest town Bareli 18 km
Nearest railway station Pipariya 34 km
District headquarters Raisen 70 km

Villages closest to Surela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surela village had a population of 672. That makes it the 78th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 900 residents.

Surela village has 344 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surela has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Surela covers 572.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surela falls under Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surela is Pipariya, about 34 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 Surela.

Surela is about 70 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surela is in Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district. Udaipura is about 12 km away. Bareli is about 18 km away. Pipariya is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhater (1.6 km), Lamta (1.6 km) and Awariya (2.5 km).

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

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