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About Surpan Village

Surpan is a mid sized village in Sakri tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,231, made up of 641 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1303.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 424304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surpan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surpan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Dhule
Tehsil Sakri
Pincode 424304
Area (hectares) 1303.84 hectares
Population 1,231
Male Population 641
Female Population 590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surpan compares

By the 2011 count Surpan is the 126th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 1303.84 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Surpan

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

Surpan lies about 60 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Khatgaon, about 36 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 Surpan
Tehsil headquarters Sakri 11 km
Nearest railway station Khatgaon 36 km
District headquarters Dhule 60 km

Villages closest to Surpan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surpan village had a population of 1,231. That makes it the 126th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Surpan village has 641 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surpan has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Surpan is 424304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surpan covers 1303.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surpan falls under Sakri tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Surpan is Khatgaon, about 36 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 Surpan.

Surpan is about 60 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surpan is in Sakri tehsil of Dhule district. Sakri is about 11 km away. Khatgaon is about 36 km away. Dhule is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghodade (under 2 km), Kirwade (2.8 km) and Amode (3.3 km).

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

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