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About Sural Khurd Village

Sural Khurd is a small village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 203 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sural Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sural Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Rajpura
Pincode 140401
Area (hectares) 188 hectares
Population 385
Male Population 203
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sural Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Sural Khurd is the 195th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Sural Khurd

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

Sural Khurd lies about 23 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Shambhu, 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 Khurd
Nearest railway station Shambhu 15 km
Nearest town Sanaur 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajpura 20 km
District headquarters Patiala 23 km

Villages closest to Sural Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Sural Khurd village had a population of 385. That makes it the 195th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Sural Khurd village has 203 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sural Khurd has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

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

Sural Khurd covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sural Khurd is Shambhu, 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 Khurd.

Sural Khurd is about 23 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sural Khurd is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Shambhu is about 15 km away. Sanaur 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 Khurd (under 2 km), Sural Kalan (under 2 km) and Sarala Kalan (1.6 km).

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

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