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About Surajpura Village

Surajpura is a mid sized village in Garhakota tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 320 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286.02 hectares hectares.

Surajpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Garhakota
Area (hectares) 286.02 hectares
Population 605
Male Population 320
Female Population 285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
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 Surajpura compares

By the 2011 count Surajpura is the 51st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 286.02 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Surajpura

Surajpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Surajpura 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 Surajpura from other places

Surajpura lies about 47 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Patharia, 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 Surajpura
Tehsil headquarters Garhakota 5.2 km
Nearest town Garhākota 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Patharia 17 km
District headquarters Sagar 47 km

Villages closest to Surajpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surajpura village had a population of 605. That makes it the 51st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Surajpura village has 320 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpura has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Surajpura covers 286.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surajpura falls under Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surajpura is Patharia, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Surajpura.

Surajpura is about 47 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surajpura is in Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district. Garhakota is about 5.2 km away. Garhākota is about 5.2 km away. Patharia is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kekara (under 2 km), Sorkhi (1.9 km) and Kumrai (3.3 km).

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

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