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About Surgaon Village

Surgaon is a small village in Gondpipri tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 252 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.23 hectares hectares.

Surgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Gondpipri
Area (hectares) 309.23 hectares
Population 492
Male Population 252
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surgaon compares

By the 2011 count Surgaon is the 53rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 809 residents. Its 309.23 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Surgaon

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

Surgaon lies about 51 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Wihirgaon, about 29 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 Surgaon
Tehsil headquarters Gondpipri 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Wihirgaon 29 km
Nearest town Rājūra 37 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 51 km

Villages closest to Surgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surgaon village had a population of 492. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 809 residents.

Surgaon village has 252 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surgaon has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Surgaon covers 309.23 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.

Surgaon falls under Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Surgaon is Wihirgaon, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Surgaon.

Surgaon is about 51 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surgaon is in Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district. Gondpipri is about 3.1 km away. Wihirgaon is about 29 km away. Rājūra is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Ghadoli (under 2 km), Nawegaon Waghade (1.7 km) and Ghadoli (2.2 km).

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

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