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About Suryanagar Village

Suryanagar is a mid sized village in Bhiwandi tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 511, made up of 271 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.7 hectares hectares.

Suryanagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suryanagar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Bhiwandi
Area (hectares) 128.7 hectares
Population 511
Male Population 271
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Suryanagar compares

By the 2011 count Suryanagar is the 175th largest of the 210 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 128.7 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Suryanagar

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

Suryanagar lies about 9.6 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Vikhroli, about under 2 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 Suryanagar
Nearest railway station Vikhroli under 2 km
Nearest town Powai 2.0 km
District headquarters Thane 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhiwandi 25 km

Villages closest to Suryanagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suryanagar village had a population of 511. That makes it the 175th largest of the 210 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Suryanagar village has 271 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suryanagar has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Suryanagar covers 128.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Suryanagar falls under Bhiwandi tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Suryanagar is Vikhroli, about under 2 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 Suryanagar.

Suryanagar is about 9.6 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suryanagar is in Bhiwandi tehsil of Thane district. Vikhroli is about under 2 km away. Powai is about 2.0 km away. Thane is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gane (7.7 km), Nandithane (9.7 km) and Vandre (9.8 km).

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

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