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About Surkhi Village

Surkhi is one of the larger villages in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,289, made up of 3,818 males and 3,471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2079.03 hectares hectares.

Surkhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surkhi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 2079.03 hectares
Population 7,289
Male Population 3,818
Female Population 3,471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surkhi compares

By the 2011 count Surkhi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 2079.03 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Surkhi

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

Surkhi lies about 25 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Lidhora Khurd, about 25 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 town Rehli 23 km
Nearest railway station Lidhora Khurd 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 25 km

Villages closest to Surkhi

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 Surkhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Surkhi village had a population of 7,289. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Surkhi village has 3,818 males and 3,471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surkhi has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 884.

Surkhi covers 2079.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Surkhi is Lidhora Khurd, about 25 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Surkhi.

Surkhi is about 25 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surkhi is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Rehli is about 23 km away. Lidhora Khurd is about 25 km away. Sagar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patha (1.7 km), Karaiya (1.7 km) and Ghana (3.2 km).

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

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