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About Surajpura Village

Surajpura is a small village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 258 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.02 hectares hectares.

Surajpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Ghansaur
Area (hectares) 233.02 hectares
Population 487
Male Population 258
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Surajpura compares

By the 2011 count Surajpura is the 116th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 233.02 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, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 90 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Shikara, about 4.9 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 Shikara 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansaur 20 km
Nearest town Jabalpur 38 km
District headquarters Seoni 90 km

Villages closest to Surajpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghansaur 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 487. That makes it the 116th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Surajpura village has 258 males and 229 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, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Surajpura covers 233.02 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 Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surajpura is Shikara, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Surajpura.

Surajpura is about 90 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surajpura is in Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Shikara is about 4.9 km away. Ghansaur is about 20 km away. Jabalpur is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahartala (under 2 km), Rajola (under 2 km) and Kalkuhi (1.7 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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