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About Surajpura Village

Surajpura is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 725, made up of 384 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445.23 hectares hectares.

Surajpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 445.23 hectares
Population 725
Male Population 384
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surajpura compares

By the 2011 count Surajpura is the 185th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 445.23 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Surajpura

Surajpura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surajpura as Available within 5 - 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 Surajpura from other places

Surajpura lies about 24 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 23 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
Nearest railway station Ratona 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 24 km
Nearest town Saugor 24 km

Villages closest to Surajpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagar 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 725. That makes it the 185th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Surajpura village has 384 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpura has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Surajpura covers 445.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Surajpura is Ratona, about 23 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 village for Surajpura.

Surajpura is about 24 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 Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Ratona is about 23 km away. Sagar is about 24 km away. Saugor is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keolari (under 2 km), Bakswaha (2.4 km) and Jhamra (2.5 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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