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About Surjana Village

Surjana is a mid sized village in Tal tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,302, made up of 693 males and 609 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365.45 hectares hectares.

Surjana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surjana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Tal
Area (hectares) 365.45 hectares
Population 1,302
Male Population 693
Female Population 609
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surjana compares

By the 2011 count Surjana is the 27th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,075 residents. Its 365.45 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 952.

Getting to Surjana

Surjana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surjana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Surjana from other places

Surjana lies about 69 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Thuria, about 17 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 Surjana
Tehsil headquarters Tal 16 km
Nearest railway station Thuria 17 km
Nearest town Alot 21 km
District headquarters Ratlam 69 km

Villages closest to Surjana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surjana village had a population of 1,302. That makes it the 27th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,075 residents.

Surjana village has 693 males and 609 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surjana has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Surjana covers 365.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surjana falls under Tal tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surjana is Thuria, about 17 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 village for Surjana.

Surjana is about 69 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surjana is in Tal tehsil of Ratlam district. Tal is about 16 km away. Thuria is about 17 km away. Alot is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kelukheda (1.8 km), Shamimabad (2.9 km) and Pipal Khedi (3.5 km).

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

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