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About Surajpur Village

Surajpur is a large village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,231, made up of 1,202 males and 1,029 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.28 hectares hectares.

Surajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surajpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Gabhana
Area (hectares) 264.28 hectares
Population 2,231
Male Population 1,202
Female Population 1,029
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Surajpur compares

By the 2011 count Surajpur is the 42nd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 264.28 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Surajpur

Surajpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Surajpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surajpur from other places

Surajpur lies about 34 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Danwar, about 3.5 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 Surajpur
Nearest railway station Danwar 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Gabhana 14 km
Nearest town Khurja 15 km
District headquarters Aligarh 34 km

Villages closest to Surajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Surajpur village had a population of 2,231. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Surajpur village has 1,202 males and 1,029 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surajpur has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Surajpur covers 264.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Surajpur falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surajpur is Danwar, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Surajpur.

Surajpur is about 34 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surajpur is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Danwar is about 3.5 km away. Gabhana is about 14 km away. Khurja is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badhiyana (under 2 km), Bhojpur Gyanpur (1.7 km) and Teekari Bhavapur (1.9 km).

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

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