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About Sural Kalan Village

Sural Kalan is a mid sized village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,921, made up of 1,020 males and 901 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sural Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sural Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Rajpura
Pincode 140401
Area (hectares) 316 hectares
Population 1,921
Male Population 1,020
Female Population 901
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sural Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Sural Kalan is the 38th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 316 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Sural Kalan

Sural Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sural Kalan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sural Kalan from other places

Sural Kalan lies about 24 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Ambala City, about 15 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 Sural Kalan
Nearest railway station Ambala City 15 km
Nearest town Ambāla 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajpura 20 km
District headquarters Patiala 24 km

Villages closest to Sural Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajpura 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 Sural Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sural Kalan village had a population of 1,921. That makes it the 38th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Sural Kalan village has 1,020 males and 901 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sural Kalan has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Sural Kalan is 140401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sural Kalan covers 316 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sural Kalan falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sural Kalan is Ambala City, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sural Kalan.

Sural Kalan is about 24 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sural Kalan is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Ambala City is about 15 km away. Ambāla is about 16 km away. Rajpura is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarala Kalan (under 2 km), Kamalpur (under 2 km) and Sarala Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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