About Surapur Village

Surapur is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 483, made up of 271 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 782 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surapur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	146102
Area (hectares)	125 hectares
Population	483
Male Population	271
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	782
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Surapur compares

By the 2011 count Surapur is the 215th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 961.

Getting to Surapur

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

Surapur lies about 40 km from Hoshiarpur. 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 Surapur
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	6.0 km
Nearest town	Banga	8.3 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	40 km

Villages closest to Surapur

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

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Common questions about Surapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Surapur village had a population of 483. That makes it the 215th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Surapur village has 271 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surapur has about 782 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Surapur is 146102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Surapur covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Surapur falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The census record for Surapur notes the nearest railway station 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 Surapur.

Surapur is about 40 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surapur is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about 6.0 km away. Banga is about 8.3 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.